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OptiPlex 3000 Small Form Factor Service Manual

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Removing the optical drive

Prerequisites

  1. Follow the procedure in before working inside your computer.
  2. Remove the side cover.
  3. Remove the front bezel.
  4. Remove the 2.5-inch hard-drive.
  5. Remove the 3.5-inch hard-drive.
  6. Remove the disk-drive cage.

About this task

The following images show the slim optical-drive and provide a visual representation of the removal procedure.

image of installing the ODD drive step 2

Steps

  1. Remove the single (M2x3) screw to release the optical drive from the disk-drive cage.
  2. Slide the optical drive out of the disk-drive cage.

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