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Dell PowerEdge T130 Owner's Manual

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Installing the optical drive

Only slim 9.5 mm SATA DVD-ROM drive or DVD+/-RW drive can be installed in your system. External optical drives can be connected through USB ports.

Prerequisites

CAUTION Many repairs may only be done by a certified service technician. You should only perform troubleshooting and simple repairs as authorized in your product documentation, or as directed by the online or telephone service and support team. Damage due to servicing that is not authorized by Dell is not covered by your warranty. Read and follow the safety instructions that are shipped with your product.
  1. Ensure that you follow the Safety instructions.
  2. Follow the procedure listed in Before working inside your system.
  3. Disconnect all peripherals connected to the I/O module.
  4. Remove the bezel.
  5. If connected, disconnect the power and data cables from the optical drive and hard drives.
  6. Remove the hard drive cage.
  7. If installed, remove the optical drive blank from the bezel and the optical drive filler from the hard drive cage.

Steps

  1. Align the optical drive with the optical drive slot on the front of the chassis.
  2. Slide the optical drive into the slot until the release tab locks into place.
  3. Connect the power and data cables to the optical drive.
  4. Route the power and data cables through the cable routing guides on the system chassis.
    Figure 1. Installing the optical drive
    This figure shows the installation of the optical drive.
    1. SATA and power cable
    2. release tab
    3. optical drive
    4. hard drive cage

Next steps

  1. Install the hard drive cage.
  2. If disconnected, reconnect the disconnected data and power cables to the hard drives and optical drive.
  3. Install the bezel.
  4. Reconnect the peripherals disconnected from the control panel assembly.
  5. Follow the procedure listed in After working inside your system.

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