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Replacement 9-29
Octel Overture 200/300 Serenade 3.0
PB60014–01
Caution!
The
floppy-disk drive assemblies are sensitive to
static electricity
. Do not attempt the following
procedures without wearing an antistatic wrist strap.
Removing the Octel Overture 300 Floppy-Disk Drive
The
Octel Overture 300 floppy-disk-drive assembly is a hot pluggable assembly
. Y
ou do not need to turn
OFF the power supply unit. T
o remove the floppy-disk-drive assembly
, use the following procedures:
1.
Unlock and open the door of the cabinet.
2.
Put on an antistatic wrist strap. Connect it to an unpainted portion of the cabinet.
3.
Locate the floppy-disk-drive assembly
.
4.
Remove the configuration backup diskette from the floppy-disk drive.
5.
Disconnect the floppy-disk signal cable from the front of the CPU card.
6.
Using a flat-bladed screwdriver
, loosen the two captive screws that secure the floppy-disk drive to
the cabinet.
7.
Gripping the front flange, pull the drive assembly firmly to unseat the rear-mounted connector
.
Continue to pull the drive out of the cabinet. Use one hand to support the bottom of the drive when it
clears the cabinet.
8.
Carefully put the floppy-drive assembly nearby
, to be reinstalled or shipped.
.
Floppy-disk-drive assemblies are sensitive to rough handling. Be careful and handle them as
gently as possible.
Installing Octel Overture 300 Floppy-Disk Drive
The
Octel Overture 300 floppy-disk-drive assembly is hot pluggable. Y
ou do not need to turn OFF the
power supply unit. T
o install a replacement floppy-disk drive in the Octel Overture 300, use the following
procedure:
1.
Put on an antistatic wrist strap. Connect it to an unpainted portion of the cabinet.
2.
Remove the replacement floppy-disk-drive assembly from the shipping container
.
3.
Hold the floppy-disk drive with your right hand, grasping the front flange, with your left hand
supporting the weight of the drive. The drive should be to the right of the sheet-metal slider plate.
4.
Guide the sheet-metal plate into the card guides marked “B5.”
5. Gently
, but firmly
, slide the drive assembly into the slot until the connector on the back of the
assembly has mated with the connector on the backplane. This is accomplished when the flange on
the front of the drive assembly sheet metal reaches or very nearly reaches the sheet metal of the
cabinet.
Caution!
Do not slam the floppy-disk-drive assembly into the
cabinet. This could damage the floppy-disk drive.