You will need the following tools to successfully complete the replacement of your Media Card Reader
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Safety Note:
before touching any internal components especially circuit boards, make sure the APM is turned off and unplugged from the wall, surge strip etc. Also ensure you are completely grounded to prevent electro-static discharge that can damage the internal circuit boards found in the Kiosk.
Step 1-- Unlocking Front Bezel |
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Step 2 – Remove/Replace the Card Reader and/or CD Drive: |
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Step 3 – Remove/Replace the Card Reader and/or CD Drive: |
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The APM-3701 SATA Hard Drive is located toward the back of the kiosk; once the optical bay and receipt printer is removed, the hard drive chassis and the two screws that secure it into place will be exposed follow these actions
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Step 4 – Replacing/Re-Installing the Hard Drive: |
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After installing a new/replacement hard drive the Operating System (OS) and APM software will need to be reinstalled from scratch or via Recovery image. The APM-3701 has a disaster recovery feature (software) installed on the hard drive . If this is a drive supplied by Lucidiom, then press F11 to begin the disaster recovery process. Please note that if you run this disaster recovery tool, all settings will be lost. Or if you install the Operating System from scratch, then you will also lose all setting including the disaster recovery partition.