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Dell PowerEdge T30 Owner's Manual

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Removing the optical drive filler

Prerequisites

CAUTION: Many repairs may only be done by a certified service technician. You should only perform troubleshooting and simple repairs as authorized in your product documentation, or as directed by the online or telephone service and support team. Damage due to servicing that is not authorized by Dell is not covered by your warranty. Read and follow the safety instructions that are shipped with your product.

  1. Follow the safety guidelines listed in the Safety instructions section.
  2. Follow the procedure listed in the Before working inside your system section.
  3. Remove the bezel.
  4. Disconnect the power and data cable from the optical drive and hard drives.

Steps

  1. On the bezel, press down on the retention clip of the optical drive filler and pull the filler out of the bezel.
  2. Remove the hard drive cage.
  3. Hold the tabs on the optical drive filler and remove the optical drive filler from the optical drive bay.
    Figure 1. Removing the optical drive filler from the bezel
    This figure shows removing the optical-drive filler from the bezel.
    Figure 2. Removing the optical drive filler from the optical drive bay
    This figure shows removing the optical-drive filler from the optical-drive bay.

Next steps

  1. Install the hard drive cage.
  2. Install the bezel.
  3. Follow the procedure listed in the After working inside your system section.

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