Dell Vostro 3267/3268 Owner's Manual

Removing the optical drive

1. Follow the procedure in Before working inside your computer.
2. Remove the:
   1. cover
   2. front bezel
   3. cooling shroud
   4. 3.5-inch hard drive chassis
   5. drive cage
3. Follow the steps to remove the bracket from the optical drive.
   1. Remove the M2L2(04)three M2x2 screws that secure the bracket to the optical drive [1].
   2. Slide the optical drive from the bracket [2].
   

   NOTE Remove the optical-drive bracket only if you are replacing with a new optical drive. Otherwise, if optical drive removal is only a pre-requisite to remove other components, then ignore Step 5 and Step 6