Replacing the diskette drive subassembly

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

halt

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

Turn off and disconnect the power to your filer.

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

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

Loosen the two thumbscrews on the diskette drive subassembly.

Pull the diskette drive subassembly out of the drive bay.

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

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

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.

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

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

Slide the diskette drive subassembly into the drive bay.

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

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.

Reconnect and turn on the power to your filer.

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

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

sys-diag

See the Diagnostics Guide for more information.

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