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OptiPlex 5050 Tower Owner's Manual

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Removing optical drive

  1. Follow the procedure in Before working inside your computer .
  2. Remove the:
    1. cover

    2. bezel

  3. Open the front panel door.
  4. To remove the optical drive assembly:
    1. Disconnect the data cable and power cable from the connectors on the optical drive [1].
      • NOTE: You may need to unroute the cables from the tabs under the drive cage to allow you to disconnect the cables from the connectors.
    2. Close the front panel door [2].Figure displaying how to release the optical drive assembly from the computer.
    3. Press the blue release tab [1] and slide the optical drive out of the computer [2]. Figure displaying how to remove the optical drive from the computer.

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