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• NetVista 6043, 6790, 6791, 8181, 8303, 8304, 8312 - Floppy diskette drive removal movie
• NetVista 6043, 6790, 6791, 8181, 8303, 8304, 8312 - Floppy diskette drive installation movie
• NetVista 6043, 6790, 6791, 8181, 8303, 8304, 8312 - Optical drive and hard disk drive removal movie
• NetVista 6043, 6790, 6791, 8181, 8303, 8304, 8312 - Optical drive and hard disk drive installation movie

Internal drives are devices that your computer uses to read and store data. You can add or replace drives to your computer to increase storage capacity and to enable your computer to read other types of media such as CD-ROM.
Note: When you install an internal drive, it is important to note what type and size of drive that you can install in each bay. Also, it is important to correctly connect the internal drive cables to the installed drive.

Drive specifications
The 6790 and 6791 computers might come with the following IBM-installed drives:

• A 3.5-inch diskette drive in bay 1
• A CD drive or DVD drive in bay 2
• A 3.5-inch hard disk drive in bay 3

Bays that do not have drives installed have a static shield and bay panel installed. The following illustration shows the locations of the drive bays.

The following table describes some of the drives that you can install in each bay and their height requirements.

Notes:

1. Drives that are greater than 41.3 mm (1.6 in.) high cannot be installed.
2. Install removable media (tape or CD) drives in the accessible bay: bay 2.
   
   

Installing a drive:
To install a CD drive or DVD drive in bay 2, follow these steps.

1. Remove the cover. For more information click Removing the cover.
2. If the drive you are installing is a removable-media drive, remove the bay panel from the front bezel.
3. Remove the metal shield from the drive bay by inserting a flatblade screwdriver into one of the slots and gently prying it loose.
4. Make sure the drive is set correctly as the master device. Refer to the documentation that comes with your CD drive or DVD drive for master/slave jumper information.
5. Pivot the drive bay latch handle toward the front of the computer and pivot the drive bay cage upward, as shown, until it is latched in the up position.
   
   
   
   
6. Install the drive into the bay. Align the screw holes and insert the two screws.
   
   
   
   
7. Each integrated drive electronics (IDE) drive requires two cables; a four-wire power cable that connects to the power supply, and a signal cable that connects to the system board. To connect a CD drive or DVD drive to your computer, follow these steps.
   1. Locate the signal cable that came with your computer or with the new drive.
   2. Locate the secondary IDE connector on the system board. For more information, view the system board diagram.
   3. Connect one end of the signal cable to the secondary IDE connector on the system board and the other to the CD drive or DVD drive.
   4. Your computer has extra power connectors for connecting additional drives. Connect the power cable to the drive.
      
      
      
      
8. Pivot the drive bay cage back into place.