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Removing 2.5 inch cabled hard drives from the hard drive cage

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 before working inside your system.
  3. Keep the Phillips #2 screwdriver ready.
  4. Remove the 2.5 inch hard drive cage.
  5. Remove the 2.5 inch hard drive cage cover.

About this task

CAUTION: To maintain proper system cooling, a minimum of two hard drives must be installed in hard drive 0/E and 1/F slots.

Steps

  1. Remove the screws securing the hard drive to the hard drive cage.
  2. Remove hard drives 0/E and 1/F by performing the following steps:
    1. Disconnect the signal/power cable from the hard drives.
    2. Lift hard drive 0/E out of the hard drive cage.
    3. Slide hard drive 1/F out of the hard drive cage.
    Figure 1. Removing a 2.5 inch cabled hard drive (hard drive 0/E and hard drive 1/F) from the hard drive cage
    This figure shows removing a 2.5 inch cabled hard drive (hard drive 0/E and hard drive 1/F) from the hard drive cage.
    1. hard drive 1/F
    2. power and signal cable connector (2)
    3. power and signal cable connector on hard drive
    4. hard drive 0/E
    5. screw (8)
    6. hard drive cage
  3. If you want to remove hard drives 2/C and 3/D, perform the following steps:
    1. Remove hard drives 0/E and 1/F.
    2. Disconnect the signal/power cables from hard drive 2/C and 3/D.
    3. Remove the signal/power cables routed through the cable clip on the hard drive cage.
    4. Lift hard drive 2/C out of the hard drive cage.
    5. Slide hard drive 3/D out of the hard drive cage.
    Figure 2. Removing a 2.5 inch cabled hard drive (hard drive 2/C and hard drive 3/D) from the hard drive cage
    This figure shows removing a 2.5 inch cabled hard drive (hard drive 2/C and hard drive 3/D) from the hard drive cage
    1. screw (8)
    2. hard drive cage
    3. cable routing clip
    4. power cable
    5. signal cable
    6. hard drive 2/C
    7. hard drive 3/D

Next steps

  1. Install the hard drives.
  2. Install the hard drive cage cover.
  3. Install the hard drive cage into the hard drive cage slot in the chassis.

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