Dell EMC PowerEdge R340 - Installing a Memory Module

2. Follow the procedure listed in Before working inside your system.
3. Remove the air shroud.
NOTE: The memory modules are hot to touch for some time after the system has been powered down. Allow the
memory modules to cool before handling them. Handle the memory modules by the card edges and avoid touching the
components or metallic contacts on the memory module.
Steps
1. Locate the appropriate memory module socket.
2. To release the memory module from the socket, simultaneously press the ejectors on both ends of the memory module socket.
CAUTION: Handle each memory module only by the card edges, ensuring not to touch the middle of the memory
module or metallic contacts.
3. Lift the memory module away from the system.
Figure 34. Removing a memory module
Next steps
1. Replace the memory module, if you are removing a memory module permanently, install a memory module blank.
NOTE:
The procedure to install a memory module blank is similar to the procedure to install a memory module.
Installing a memory module
Prerequisites
1. Follow the safety guidelines listed in Safety instructions.
2. Follow the procedure listed in Before working inside your system.
3. Remove the air shroud.
4. If installed, remove a memory module blank.
NOTE:
The procedure to remove a memory module blank is similar to the procedure to remove a memory module.
NOTE: Retain the removed memory module blank(s) for future use.
Steps
1. Locate the appropriate memory module socket.
CAUTION:
To prevent damage to the memory module or the memory module socket during installation, do not bend
or flex the memory module; insert both ends of the memory module simultaneously.
2. If a memory module or a memory module blank is installed in the socket, remove it.
3. Align the edge connector of the memory module with the alignment key of the memory module socket, and insert the memory module
in the socket.
NOTE:
The memory module socket has an alignment key that enables you to install the memory module in the socket
in only one orientation.
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