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Tune-up: How to install a DVD or CD burner
Tune-up: How to install a DVD or CD burner
Step 4: Install the drive in a bay
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 In most systems, you can slide your new drive through the front panel. If you've never used the bay, you'll have to remove the panel covering it. |
Refer to your system's documentation if you have any doubt about how to install the new drive into a bay. If you'll be using a drive bay for the first time, you may have to remove panels on and behind the case's front face (the level of difficulty of this task depends on your case design). Most drives secure into a bay using four screws. In some PCs, the drive fits into a cage that you can slide out of the bay by pressing in tabs. In both of our test systems, the drives attached to metal cages via four screws. If possible, use the screws provided with your drive. You may have to remove both side panels to attach all of the screws.
If your PC's chassis makes it difficult to connect cables once a drive is secured in a bay, perform step 5 through step 7 before installing the drive or with the drive only partially inserted into the bay.
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