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Dell PowerEdge T130 Owner's Manual

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Installing a hard drive carrier into 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. Ensure that you follow the Safety instructions.
  2. Follow the procedure listed in Before working inside your system.
  3. Disconnect all peripherals connected to the control panel assembly.
  4. Remove the bezel.
  5. Remove the power and data cables from the hard drives and optical drive in the hard drive cage.
  6. Remove the hard drive cage.

Steps

Insert the hard drive carrier into the hard drive cage until it clicks into place.
Figure 1. Installing a hard drive carrier into the hard drive cage
This figure shows the installation of a hard drive carrier in the hard drive cage.
  1. hard drive carrier
  2. hard drive
  3. retention clips (2)
  4. hard drive cage

Next steps

  1. Install the hard drive cage.
  2. Reconnect the power and data cables to the hard drives and optical drive in the hard drive cage.
  3. Install the bezel.
  4. Reconnect the peripherals disconnected from the control panel assembly.
  5. Follow the procedure listed in After working inside your system.

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