Dell Precision T5500 User Manual

About Warnings

WARNING: A WARNING indicates a potential for property damage, personal injury,

or death.

Replacing the Hard-Drive Tray on Your Dell Precision™ Workstation T3500/T5500

WARNING: Before working inside your computer, read the safety information

that shipped with your computer. For additional safety best practices information,
see the Regulatory Compliance Homepage at www.dell.com/regulatory_compliance.

NOTE: The replacement hard-drive tray ships with a removable filler panel. You must

remove the filler panel from the hard-drive tray, if the hard-drive tray obstructs the
cables on the video card.

NOTE: Your computer supports only one hard drive, in the hard-drive tray, with the filler

panel removed.

NOTE: For more information on removing and replacing parts on your computer,

see the Service Manual on the Dell Support website at support.dell.com/manuals.

1

Turn off your computer.

2

Disconnect all the external cables from your computer.

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2

Remove the side cover.

4

Disconnect the power and data cables from the hard drive(s) and remove the
hard drive(s) from the computer.

5

Remove the hard-drive tray:

a

Press the release latch and rotate the hard-drive tray to lift it.

1 hard-drive tray 2 release latch