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Installing a floppy drive – Dell OptiPlex 170L User Manual

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Follow the procedures in "

Before You Begin

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2.

 

Disconnect the data cable from the CD/DVD drive bay located above the floppy drive.

3.

 

Disconnect the power and floppy-drive cables from the back of the floppy drive.

4.

 

Disconnect the floppy-drive cable from the connector labeled DSKT on the system board.

 


 

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

5.

 

Press in on the tabs on each side of the drive, and slide the drive up and remove the drive from the drive bay.

 

 

Installing a Floppy Drive

1.

 

Follow the procedures in "

Before You Begin

."

2.

 

If the replacement drive does not have the bracket rails attached, remove the rails from the old drive by removing the two screws that secure each rail

to the drive. Attach the bracket rails to the new drive by aligning the screw holes on the drive with the screw holes on the bracket rails and then
inserting and tightening all four screws (two screws on each rail).

 

1

power cable

2

floppy-drive cable

3

floppy-drive connector (DSKT)