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Install storage media

In this step you will install a:

  1. floppy disk drive
  2. hard disk drive
  3. CD-ROM drive.

PRECAUTIONS

1 Install a floppy disk drive

  1. Turn off the computer.
  2. Unplug the power cord from the wall outlet.
  3. Disconnect the power cord from the computer
  4. Remove the screws form the sides and the back of the system unit.
  5. Remove the case of the system unit.
  6. Slide the floppy disk drive into any available open drive bay in the system unit.
  7. Secure the floppy disk drive with 2 screws on each side of the bay.
  8. Connect the floppy disk signal cable to the floppy drive.
  9. Connect the power cable to the floppy drive.
  10. Place the case over the system unit.
  11. Secure all screws on the side and back of the system unit.
  12. Connect the power cord to the system unit.
  13. Plug the power cord into the wall outlet.
  14. Turn on the computer and test to make sure that it is working.

2 Install a hard disk drive

  1. Turn off the computer.
  2. Unplug the power cord from the wall outlet.
  3. Disconnect the power cord from the computer.
  4. Remove the screws form the sides and the back of the system unit.
  5. Remove the case of the system unit.
  6. Slide the hard disk drive into any available open drive bay in the system unit.
  7. Secure the hard disk drive with two screws on each side of the bay.
  8. Connect the hard disk signal cable to the hard drive.
  9. Connect the power cable to the hard drive.
  10. Place the case over the system unit.
  11. Secure all screws on the side and back of the system unit.
  12. Connect the power cord to the system unit.
  13. Plug the power cord into the wall outlet.
  14. Turn on the computer and reconfigure the BIOS updating the information for the new hard disk drive.
  15. Test the hard disk drive.

3 Install a CD-ROM drive

  1. Turn off the computer.
  2. Unplug the power cord from the wall outlet.
  3. Disconnect the power cord from the computer.
  4. Remove the screws form the sides and the back of the system unit
  5. Remove the case of the system unit.
  6. Slide the CD-ROM drive into any available open drive bay in the system unit.
  7. Secure the CD-ROM drive with 2 screws on each side of the bay.
  8. Connect the CD-ROM drive signal cable to the CD-ROM drive.
  9. Connect the power cable to the CD-ROM drive.
  10. Connect the audio signal cable between the connector on a sound card and the CD-ROM drive.
  11. Place the case over the system unit.
  12. Secure all screws on the side and back of the system unit.
  13. Connect the power cord to the system unit.
  14. Plug the power cord into the wall outlet.
  15. Turn on the computer and reconfigure the BIOS updating the information of the new hard disk drive.
  16. Test the CD-ROM drive.

 

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