Toshiba Qosmio Personal Computer X500 - Manual (Page 175)

Replacement Procedures
4.5 Optical disk drive
NOTE: Do not apply excessive force to the top of an optical disk drive.
Do not touch the shaded portion of the figure below, when the drive is removed
or installed.
Removing an optical disk drive
The following describes the procedure for removing an optical disk drive (See Figure 4-5-
1and 4-5-2).
1. Remove MAIN HDD Slot cover and next remove the following screws securing an
optical disk drive.
 M2.53.0B FLAT BIND screw x1
2. Disconnect an optical disk drive toward the arrow direction from the connector
CN26 on the system board.
Figure 4-5-1 Remove an optical disk drive
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