SATA hard drive cables ........................................................................................................................................ 18
SATA data cable ................................................................................................................................. 18
SMART ATA drives ................................................................................................................................................ 18
Cable management .............................................................................................................................................. 19
4 Removal and replacement procedures – Microtower (MT) chassis .................................................................... 20
Preparation for disassembly ............................................................................................................................... 20
Access panel ........................................................................................................................................................ 21
Front bezel ........................................................................................................................................................... 22
Optical drive bezel blank ..................................................................................................................................... 23
Memory ................................................................................................................................................................ 24
DIMMs ................................................................................................................................................ 24
DDR3-SDRAM DIMMs ......................................................................................................................... 24
Populating DIMM sockets .................................................................................................................. 24
Installing DIMMs ................................................................................................................................ 25
Expansion cards ................................................................................................................................................... 27
Drives ................................................................................................................................................................... 30
Drive positions ................................................................................................................................... 32
Removing a slim optical drive ........................................................................................................... 32
Installing a slim optical drive ............................................................................................................ 33
Removing a hard drive ...................................................................................................................... 34
Installing a hard drive ....................................................................................................................... 35
Battery ................................................................................................................................................................. 39
Drive power cable ................................................................................................................................................ 41
Front I/O and power switch assembly ................................................................................................................. 42
Heat sink .............................................................................................................................................................. 45
Processor ............................................................................................................................................................. 46
Speaker ................................................................................................................................................................ 47
Rear chassis fan ................................................................................................................................................... 48
Power supply ....................................................................................................................................................... 49
System board ....................................................................................................................................................... 51
System board callouts ...................................................................................................................... 53
5 Computer Setup (F10) Utility ........................................................................................................................ 55
Computer Setup (F10) Utilities ............................................................................................................................ 55
Using Computer Setup (F10) Utilities ............................................................................................... 56
Computer Setup—File ...................................................................................................................... 57
Computer Setup—Storage ............................................................................................................... 58
Computer Setup—Security ............................................................................................................... 59
Computer Setup—Power .................................................................................................................. 62
Computer Setup—Advanced ............................................................................................................ 63
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