Adding Or Replacing An Optical Drive - HP Compaq Presario,Presario CQ5110F Supplementary Manual

3 Disconnect the power, data, and the sound cable, if available, from the back of the
optical drive you want to remove. For most drive cables, use a gentle rocking motion
to free the plug. For Serial ATA hard disk drive cables, press the latch (select models
only) in the center of each plug, and pull the plug from the drive connector.
4 Pull the drive out through the front of the chassis.

Adding or Replacing an Optical Drive

1 If necessary, remove the existing drive. See "Removing an Optical Drive" on page 8.
2 If you are adding a drive to an empty lower optical drive bay, you must remove the
knockout plate from the bay. To do so, insert a flat screwdriver into the knockout plate
slot (A) and rotate the screwdriver to break the knockout plate out of the chassis.
Discard the knockout plate.
3 Remove the knockout plate on the front cover. To do so, insert a flat screwdriver into
the knockout plate slot (B) and rotate the screwdriver to break the knockout plate out
of the front cover. Discard the knockout plate.
A
B
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