Dell OptiPlex GX1 User Manual

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Hard-Disk Drives: Dell OptiPlex GX1 Small-Form-Factor System User's Guide

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c. Lift the drive bracket away from the chassis.

d. If a drive is already installed in the bracket, remove the four screws securing the drive to the

bottom of the bracket (see Figure 3).

Figure 3. Removing a Hard-Disk Drive From the Hard-Disk Drive Bracket

1 Drive

2 Drive bracket

3 Screws (4)

6. Secure the new drive to the drive bracket with four screws (see Figure 3).

7. Reinstall the hard-disk drive bracket in the chassis.

a. Place the bracket so that the release tabs extend about one inch past the front of the chassis,

and align the tabs on the bottom of the bracket with the hooks on the chassis floor.

b. Then slide the bracket toward the back of the chassis until the tabs snap under the hooks (see

Figure 4). The bracket release tabs should also snap into the front of the chassis.

Figure 4. Reinstalling the Hard-Disk Drive Bracket in the Small-Form-Factor Chassis

1 Tabs on bottom of drive bracket

2 Hooks on chassis floor

3 Drive bracket

4 Release tabs (2)

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