Acer Aspire esayStore User Manual page 15

Aspire easyStore
Front view with front cover and
backplane cage removed
Hard drives
You can remove any failed hard drive after shutting down Aspire easyStore by pressing
the clips on each side of the hard drive and gently sliding out the hard drive. To put in
the replacement hard drive, just slide it into an appropriate slot.
Backplane board
This is the board that connects the hard drives to the system mainboard. You will need to
remove this board and its cage before you replace failed hard drive.
Mainboard connector
Ensure the connector on the backplane board is aligned with the main board connector
when replacing a hard drive.
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