Table of Contents Safety Information................. 1 Opening and Closing the PC............1 Preparing the PC ..................1 Before Opening the PC ................1 After Closing the PC..................2 Removing the Side Panel ................2 Replacing the Side Panel ................2 Removing the Front Panel................2 Replacing the Front Panel ................3 Locating Components Inside the PC ............3 Removing and Replacing Drives.............
• Safety Information We recommend that you use an antistatic wrist strap and a conductive foam pad when working inside the PC. This product has not been evaluated for connection to an “IT” power system (an AC distribution system with WARNING: Always disconnect the modem no direct connection to earth, according to cord from the telephone system, and then...
After Closing the PC Replacing the Side Panel To avoid injury and equipment damage, always 1 Place the side panel on the chassis with the back of follow this procedure in this order after closing the PC: the panel extended slightly. Ensure the hooks on the top and bottom of the panel fit into the holes in the 1 Reconnect the power cord.
Replacing the Front Panel Removing and Replacing Drives 1 Align the right side of the front panel with the slots on the right side of the chassis front, and press the right side of the front panel into place. Your PC has several drives that you can replace or upgrade.
Replacing or Adding a Drive 1 If necessary, remove the existing drive. See “Removing a Drive“ on page 3. 2 If you are adding a drive to an empty drive bay: a Remove the blank plate from the front cover by pushing it forward until it snaps out of the cover.
3 Make sure the jumper on a new optical drive is in An optical drive may include a sound cable. NOTE: the CS (cable select) position. Your drive may vary Connect this cable also. from the illustration. Cable select jumper 4 Install the guide screws on the sides of the new drive.
4 Release the drive from the cage by lifting the CAUTION: Back up your personal files on tab (1) on the latch for the hard disk drive cage the hard disk drive to an external storage and then sliding (2) the drive out of the cage. (The device, such as a CD, before removing the latch secures the drive in the cage in the chassis.) hard disk drive.
4 Slide the drive into the cage, making sure to align WARNING: For Parallel ATA drives, the guide screws with the guide slots. Push the drive connect the IDE data cable end labeled into the cage and snap it into place. Master to the primary hard disk drive in the top slot of the hard disk drive cage.
Removing a Memory Module 1 Open both latches of the memory module socket: • If you are replacing a memory module, put the 1 Complete the procedures to prepare the PC, and to new memory module in the same memory slot remove the side panel.
Removing or Installing 5 Holding the card at each end, carefully rock it back and forth until the connectors pull free from the an Add-in Card socket, and then remove the card. Be sure not to scrape the card against the other components. An add-in card is a circuit board, such as a PCI or an Store the old card in the anti-static packaging that AGP card, that fits into a PC add-in card slot.
Replacing the Battery A lithium battery on the motherboard provides backup power for the PC’s timekeeping capability. The battery has an estimated life expectancy of seven years. When the battery starts to weaken, the date and time may be incorrect. If the battery fails, replace it with a CR2032 lithium battery (3 V, 220mAH rating) or an equivalent battery.
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