Option Installation 3-29
Removing the Front Panel
Remove the front panel before installing a device in one of the 5 1/4-inch accessible device
slots. The front panel does not need to be removed if you are installing a 3 1/2-inch hard
disk drive. If you are going to install an external 5 1/4-inch device, you also need to remove
the blank panel that covers the slot on the front panel, and the metal slot cover that covers
the accessible device slot.
Remove the front panel as follows:
1.
Four metal tabs hold the front panel to the front of the system unit. Remove the
front panel by evenly pulling it away from the system unit to release the tabs.
Figure 3-22 Removing the Front Panel
2.
Identify the accessible device slot where the device will be installed.
3.
Press the tabs on the back side of the plastic blank panel together slightly and pull
the panel free from the metal slot cover. Set the panel aside.