DIY GAMING NOTEBOOK
DIY Notebook Quick Installation Guide
Carefully remove the notebook from the bag and sleeve and inspect it for damage. Please use the
protecve sleeve as pad and place the notebook on it when you work on the conguraon.
Familiarize yourself with the notebook before opening it up and exposing the inside to dust and
other environmental factors! The picture below shows the locaon of all important components
behind removable access panels, all other screws need not and should not be opened! The xxx
notebook features two hard disk drive bays (1 & 2). Panel (3) covers the motherboard with the CPU
socket, the memory slots and the graphics subsystem.
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Installing / Replacing the Hard Disk Drive
The OCZDIY17A2 notebook uses a Serial ATA (SATA) interface for the HDD, therefore, any 2.5” mobile
HDD purchased for this system needs to comply with the SATA standard. The two HDD bays are
located underneath panels (1) and (2). Carefully remove one screw as shown (arrow).
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Aer removal of the screws, the drive mounts can be pulled from the laptop chassis.
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Turn the drive mount over as shown and align the HDD with the mounng holes for the screws.
Turn the drive mount over as shown and align the HDD with the mounng holes for the screws.
Once the drive is aached to the bay by fastening the four screws, the enre mount assembly can be
re-inserted into the chassis and secured using the chassis screw.
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