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Replacing the diskette drive subassembly

About replacing the diskette drive subassembly  Top

Replacing a diskette drive subassembly consists of the following procedures:

Removing the diskette drive subassembly  Top

To remove the diskette drive subassembly, complete the following steps.

Step

Action

1

Shut down the filer by entering the following command at the console:

halt

Caution
Always use the halt command to perform a clean shutdown.

2

Turn off and disconnect the power to your filer.

3

Pull the bezel straight off the front panel of your filer by using the grooves on the left and right edges of the bezel.

4

Put on an antistatic wrist strap and attach the grounding leash to the filer chassis.

5

Loosen the two thumbscrews on the diskette drive subassembly.

6

Pull the diskette drive subassembly out of the drive bay.

7

Unplug the diskette drive cable connector from the data connector on the back of the diskette drive.

8

Unplug the power cable connector from the power connector on the back of the diskette drive.

Installing a diskette drive subassembly  Top

To install the diskette drive subassembly, complete the following steps.

Step

Action

1

Plug the diskette drive cable connector into the data connector on the back of the replacement diskette drive.

The red stripe on the ribbon cable aligns with pin 1 on the connector.

2

Plug the power cable connector into the power connector on the back of the replacement diskette drive.

3

Turn the replacement diskette drive subassembly so that its rails align with the grooves in the drive bay.

4

Slide the diskette drive subassembly into the drive bay.

5

Tighten the two thumbscrews to secure the diskette drive subassembly to the chassis.

6

Align the pins on the bezel with the holes on the front panel of the filer, then push the bezel straight onto the front panel.

7

Reconnect and turn on the power to your filer.

8

Interrupt the boot process by pressing the Delete key during the memory test.

9

Run diagnostics by entering the following command at the ok> prompt:

sys-diag

See the Diagnostics Guide for more information.

10

Run the diagnostics that apply to the unit you installed or replaced.

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