Gateway 450RGH Optical Drive Installation/Replacement Instructions
Warning: Disconnect the power adapter, disconnect the modem and network cables, and remove the battery. Replace the cover before restoring power or reconnecting the modem and network cables.
Note: Before beginning, review electrostatic discharge (ESD) precautions.
Changing Bay Modules
- If you are removing a DVD drive, floppy disk drive, or a memory card reader, verify that the module is empty.
- On the taskbar, click the remove hardware icon,
. Click to select the drive you are removing, and then click Stop or turn off the computer. Do not put the computer in Standby or Hibernate mode.
Note: If the remove hardware icon does not appear on the taskbar, click the show hidden icons button,
. - Close the LCD panel.
- Disconnect the computer from the optional port replicator.
- Turn the computer over so the bottom is facing up.
- Slide and hold the bay module latch closest to the back of the computer and slide the other bay module release latch. The module moves out slightly.
- Slide the bay module out.
- Firmly push the new bay module straight into the bay until the latches click into place.
- Turn the computer over.
- Reconnect the optional port replicator.
- Open the LCD panel.
- If the computer is on, click OK to continue working. If the computer is off, turn it on