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Dell Vostro 3250 Owner's Manual

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Removing the optical drive

  1. Follow the procedures in Before Working Inside Your Computer .
  2. Remove:
    1. cover

    2. front bezel

    3. hard drive assembly

  3. Follow the steps to release the optical drive:
    1. Disconnect the power and the data cables from the optical drive [1].
    2. Remove the screw that secures the optical drive to the drive bay [2].
    Figure displaying the disconnection of the cables from the optical drive.
  4. Follow the steps to remove the optical drive:
    1. Press the blue tab to loosen the optical drive [1].
    2. Slide the optical drive [2] and lift it up to remove it from the chassis [3].
    Figure displaying how to remove the optical drive from the chassis
  5. Follow the steps to remove the bracket from the optical drive.
    1. Remove the screws that secure the bracket to the optical drive.
    2. Slide the optical drive from the bracket.
    Figure displaying the removal of the optical-drive bracket
    • NOTE: Remove the optical-drive bracket only if you are replacing with a new optical drive. Otherwise, if optical drive removal is only a pre-requisite to remove other components, then ignore Step 5 and Step 6

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