Owners Manual

Removing a 3.5-inch hot swappable hard drive carrier

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Prerequisites

CAUTION: Many repairs may only be done by a certified service technician. You should only perform troubleshooting and

simple repairs as authorized in your product documentation, or as directed by the online or telephone service and

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.

CAUTION: To maintain proper system cooling, all empty hard drive slots must have drive carrier blanks installed.

1. Follow the safety guidelines listed in Safety instructions section.

2. If installed, remove the front bezel.

Steps

Press the release button and slide the hard drive carrier blank out of the hard drive slot.

Figure 25. Removing a 3.5-inch hot swappable hard drive carrier blank

a. hard drive carrier blank

b. release button

Next steps

If removed, install the front bezel.

Related tasks

Removing the optional front bezel

Installing the optional front bezel

Installing a 3.5-inch hot swappable hard drive carrier blank

Prerequisites

CAUTION:

Many repairs may only be done by a certified service technician. You should only perform troubleshooting and

simple repairs as authorized in your product documentation, or as directed by the online or telephone service and

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. Follow the safety guidelines listed in Safety instructions section.

2. If installed, remove the front bezel.

Installing and removing system components