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Removing a disk drive bezel from a disk drive or filler

Learn how to remove a disk drive bezel from a disk drive or a disk drive filler.

Learn to remove the disk drive bezel from either a failed disk drive that had a bezel installed in it or from the disk drive filler in the slot where you are replacing the failed disk drive. The removed disk drive bezel must be attached in the replacement disk drive or a disk drive filler before installing the disk drive or filler in the system or expansion unit. To install a disk drive filler, see Installing a disk drive bezel in a disk drive or filler. Perform the steps in this procedure only if the disk drive or the disk drive filler has a disk drive bezel attached to it.

Important: If the disk drive bezel does not have a thumbscrew, it is not removable and is a SAS disk drive.

Note: Some of the figures in this procedure might not look exactly like the system or expansion unit that you have. However, the steps to perform the task are the same.

From the removed disk drive or disk drive filler, gently pull off the disk drive bezel latch (A) from the front of the filler, as shown in Figure 1.
Loosen and then pull out on the thumbscrew (C) to release the bezel (B) from the front edge of the filler.
Figure 1. Removing a disk drive bezel
Retain the removed disk drive bezel safely and use the removed bezel to attach it to the replacement disk drive or a disk drive filler.

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Last updated: Thu, November 20, 2014