6 5.25-inch drives, Inch drives -14 – Asus ESC1000 G2 User Manual

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Chapter 2: Hardware setup

2-14

2.6

5.25-inch drives

Installing a 5.25-inch drive

1.

Unscrew and remove the metal cover

of the bay where you want to install the

5.25-inch drive, and take off the plastic

cover on the front bezel at the same

position.

2.

Insert the drive into the bay and slide

the bay lock to the right until it clicks in

place.

Ensure to unplug the power cable before installing or removing any system components.

Failure to do so may cause damage to the motherboard and other system components!

The system comes with three 5.25-inch drive

bays located on the upper front part of the

chassis. An optical drive that comes standard/

optional with the system package occupies

the uppermost bay (labeled 1). The lower bays

(labeled 2 and 3) are available for additional

5.25-inch optical, zip, or floppy disk drives.

You must remove the front panel

assembly before installing a 5.25-inch

drive.

3.

Connect the SATA cable to the SATA

connector on the back of the drive.

4.

Connect a power plug from the power

supply to the power connector on the

back of the drive.

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