Removing the
hard drive backplane from the hard drive tray
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.
CAUTION: To prevent
damage to the drives and backplane, you must remove the hard drives
from the system before removing the backplane.
CAUTION: You
must note the number of each hard drive and temporarily label them
before removal so that you can replace them in the same locations.
Follow the safety guidelines listed in the Safety
instructions section.
Follow the procedure listed in the Before working
inside your system section.
Disconnect all the cables from the backplane.
Remove all the hard drive carriers.
Remove the hard drive tray from the system.
Steps
Press the release tabs and lift the backplane
out of the hard drive tray.
Figure 1. Removing the
3.5 inch (x4) hard drive backplane
release tab (2)
hard drive indicators
hard drive connector (4)
guide pin
hard drive backplane
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