Install storage media
In this step you will install a:
- floppy disk drive
- hard disk drive
- CD-ROM drive.
PRECAUTIONS
- Disconnect the power source.
- Wear an anti-static strip.
- Place the new motherboard on an anti-static map.
- Don’t use force to connect and disconnect any cables.
- Be aware of the sharp edge of the metal drive bay in the computer case.
1 Install a floppy disk drive
- Turn off the computer.
- Unplug the power cord from the wall outlet.
- Disconnect the power cord from the computer
- Remove the screws form the sides and the back of the system unit.
- Remove the case of the system unit.
- Slide the floppy disk drive into any available open drive bay in the system unit.
- Secure the floppy disk drive with 2 screws on each side of the bay.
- Connect the floppy disk signal cable to the floppy drive.
- Connect the power cable to the floppy drive.
- Place the case over the system unit.
- Secure all screws on the side and back of the system unit.
- Connect the power cord to the system unit.
- Plug the power cord into the wall outlet.
- Turn on the computer and test to make sure that it is working.
2 Install a hard disk drive
- Turn off the computer.
- Unplug the power cord from the wall outlet.
- Disconnect the power cord from the computer.
- Remove the screws form the sides and the back of the system unit.
- Remove the case of the system unit.
- Slide the hard disk drive into any available open drive bay in the system unit.
- Secure the hard disk drive with two screws on each side of the bay.
- Connect the hard disk signal cable to the hard drive.
- Connect the power cable to the hard drive.
- Place the case over the system unit.
- Secure all screws on the side and back of the system unit.
- Connect the power cord to the system unit.
- Plug the power cord into the wall outlet.
- Turn on the computer and reconfigure the BIOS updating the information for the new hard disk drive.
- Test the hard disk drive.
3 Install a CD-ROM drive
- Turn off the computer.
- Unplug the power cord from the wall outlet.
- Disconnect the power cord from the computer.
- Remove the screws form the sides and the back of the system unit
- Remove the case of the system unit.
- Slide the CD-ROM drive into any available open drive bay in the system unit.
- Secure the CD-ROM drive with 2 screws on each side of the bay.
- Connect the CD-ROM drive signal cable to the CD-ROM drive.
- Connect the power cable to the CD-ROM drive.
- Connect the audio signal cable between the connector on a sound card and the CD-ROM drive.
- Place the case over the system unit.
- Secure all screws on the side and back of the system unit.
- Connect the power cord to the system unit.
- Plug the power cord into the wall outlet.
- Turn on the computer and reconfigure the BIOS updating the information of the new hard disk drive.
- Test the CD-ROM drive.
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