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    New HDD for 6860

    Discussion in 'Gateway and eMachines' started by malibubts, Dec 25, 2008.

  1. malibubts

    malibubts Newbie

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    Hey, I got another drive for my 6860 and have a question. I popped off the cover and over the connector for the 2nd HDD bay there is some kind of foil ribbon. What should I do with that? Thanks!
     
    malibubts, Dec 25, 2008
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    BlackSheep5 Notebook Consultant

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    Any Pictures of what you are talking about?
     
    BlackSheep5, Dec 25, 2008
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  3. malibubts

    malibubts Newbie

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    remove the foil first.
     
    WarlordOne, Dec 25, 2008
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    ah that...you can just take the foil off of there and plug your hard drive in. i had the same thing on my 6860 when i first got my second hard drive.
     
    Diablo, Dec 25, 2008
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    Yeah, I saw that before when I was installing my second HDD. They probably placed that there to prevent dirt to go inside the connection since there is nothing connected to it.
     
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    Thanks. I ended up figuring that out after sitting there staring at it. At first it almost looks like a ribbon cable or something important. But thanks again guys,I'm enjoying the extra 500GB.
     
    malibubts, Dec 25, 2008
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