- Notes, cautions, and warnings
- Dell EMC PowerEdge R440 system overview
- Initial system setup and configuration
- Installing and removing system components
- Safety instructions
- Before working inside your system
- After working inside your system
- Recommended tools
- Optional front bezel
- System cover
- Inside the system
- Backplane cover
- Air shroud
- Cooling fans
- Intrusion switch
- Drives
- Removing a drive blank
- Installing a drive blank
- Removing a 2.5-inch drive from a 3.5-inch drive adapter
- Installing a 2.5-inch drive into a 3.5-inch drive adapter
- Removing a 3.5-inch drive adapter from a 3.5-inch drive carrier
- Installing a 3.5-inch drive adapter into the 3.5-inch drive carrier
- Removing a hard drive
- Installing a hard drive
- Removing the drive from the drive carrier
- Installing a drive into the drive carrier
- System memory
- Processors and heat sinks
- Internal PERC riser
- Expansion cards and expansion card risers
- M.2 SSD module
- Optional MicroSD or vFlash card
- Optional IDSDM or vFlash module
- LOM riser card
- Hard drive backplane
- Cable routing
- System battery
- Optional internal USB memory key
- Optical drive (optional)
- Power supply units
- Power interposer board
- Control panel
- System board
- Trusted Platform Module
- Jumpers and connectors
- System diagnostics
- Getting help
- Documentation resources
Dell EMC PowerEdge R440 Installation and Service Manual
Installing the optical drive
Prerequisites
Follow the safety guidelines listed in Safety instructions.
Steps
- Align the optical drive with the optical drive slot on the front of the system.
- Slide in the optical drive until the release tab snaps into place.
Figure 1. Installing optical drive 
- Connect the power and data cables to the connector on the optical drive.NOTE Route the cable properly to prevent it from being pinched or crimped.
- Replace the front Bezel.
Next steps
- Follow the procedure listed in After working inside your system.
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