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OptiPlex Small Form Factor 7010 Owner's Manual

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 if applicable.
  5. Remove the 3.5-inch hard drive if applicable.
  6. Remove the disk-drive cage.

About this task

The following image indicates the location of the optical-drive assembly and provides a visual representation of the removal procedure.

Removing the optical drive

Steps

  1. Remove the single (M2x2) 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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