Dell EMC PowerEdge R740xd2 - Installing Expansion Card into the Expansion Card Riser

2 If you are removing the card permanently, install a metal ller bracket over the empty expansion slot opening and push the expansion
card latch.
NOTE: You must install a ller bracket over an empty expansion card slot to maintain Federal Communications
Commission (FCC) certication of the system. The brackets also keep dust out of the system and aid in proper cooling
and airow inside the system.
Installing expansion card into the expansion card riser
Prerequisites
1 Follow the safety guidelines listed in Safety instructions.
2 Power o the system and all attached peripherals.
3 Disconnect the system from the electrical outlet, and disconnect the peripherals.
4 Ensure that all internal cables are routed correctly and connected, and no tools or extra parts are left inside the system.
5 Open the drive bays, remove all drives, and then close the drive bays.
6 Remove the power supply units.
7 Remove the system from the rack and place it on an ESD work bench. For more information, see the Rail Installation Guide available at
www.dell.com/poweredgemanuals.
8 Remove the system cover.
9 Remove the air shroud.
10 If installed, remove the rear drive cage.
11 Remove the expansion card riser from the system.
12 When removing a card from low prole, full height X1, or buttery riser, ensure that the PCIe card holder latch is closed.
13 When installing a card into low prole, full height X1, or buttery riser, open the PCIe card holder latch.
14 If installing a new expansion card, unpack it and prepare the card for installation.
NOTE
: For instructions, see the documentation accompanying the card.
Steps
1 Open the expansion card retention latch.
2 If installed, remove the ller bracket.
NOTE
: Store the ller bracket for future use. Filler brackets must be installed in empty expansion card slots to maintain
Federal Communications Commission (FCC) certication of the system. The brackets also keep dust and dirt out of the
system and aid in proper cooling and airow inside the system.
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