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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 came with the
product.

1 Turn off the system, including any attached peripherals, and disconnect

the system from its electrical outlet.

2 Open the system. See "Opening the System."
3 Remove the blank tray from the flex bay by squeezing the blue release tabs

at the back of the tray and pushing the tray out of the system.

4 Using a Phillips screwdriver, disassemble the blank tray:

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For 2.5-inch hard-drive systems, remove the slide rails from the tray.

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For 3.5-inch hard-drive systems, remove the blank from the tray. See
Figure 3-18.

5 For a SCSI tape drive, route the SCSI data and power cables through the

flex bay and through the tray and connect the cables to the tape backup
unit.