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Installing Drives:Dell™OptiPlex™GX1andGX1pMidsizeManagedPCSystems

Overview

Your Dell computer has five drive bays for installing the following types of drives (see Figure 1):

l The externally accessible drive bays at the front of the computer consist of one 3.5-inch drive bay (dedicated to a 3.5-inch diskette drive) and

two 5.25-inch bays that can hold up to three half-height, 5.25-inch devices—typically tape drives or CD-ROM drives. Alternately, 3.5-inch

devices can be installed in the 5.25-inch bays using adapters available from Dell.

l The two vertically positioned hard-disk drive bays can each hold a 3.5-inch enhanced integrated drive electronics (EIDE) or small computer

system interface (SCSI) hard-disk drive. The bay on the right (as you face the front of the computer) can hold one 1-inch-high (or smaller)

drive, whereas the bay on the left accommodates a 1.6-inch-high (or smaller) drive.

The next two sections contain information that you will need in several of the installation procedures described later in the chapter. The remaining

sections cover each type of drive installation.

Figure 1. Drive Locations

Removing and Replacing Front-Panel Inserts

Empty drive bays contain a front-panel insert to protect the inside of the computer from dust particles and to ensure proper airflow within the

computer. Before you install a drive in an empty drive bay, you must first remove the front-panel insert.

To remove the insert covering a 5.25-inch bay, follow these steps.

1. Turn off the system, including any attached peripherals, and disconnect all the AC power cables from their power sources.

2. Remove the computer cover as instructed in "Removing the Computer Cover."

3. Lay the computer cover upside down on a flat work surface, with the front of the cover facing toward you.

4. With your thumbs, press in each end of the insert until it snaps free of the cover (see Figure 2).

Figure 2. Removing the Front-Panel Insert for a 5.25-Inch Bay

Overview

Installing a Drive in a 5.25-Inch Drive Bay

Removing and Replacing Front-Panel Inserts

Installing an EIDE Hard-Disk Drive

Connecting Drives

Installing SCSI Devices

NOTE: In all of the following procedures, left and right refer to your left and right as you face the front of the computer.

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CAUTION: Before you remove the computer cover, see "Safety First — For You and Your Computer."

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