Cooling fans
Removing the cooling fan
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 Open the drive bays, remove all drives, and then close the drive bays.
5 Remove the power supply units.
6 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.
7 Remove the system cover.
8 Remove the air shroud.
9 Remove the internal PERC riser.
10 Move the cables out of the way to access the cooling fan cable connector on the system board.
Steps
1 Press the tabs on the fan cable connector and disconnect the cable from the system board.
2 Remove the cable from the cable retention tabs.
3 Press the blue release tab and lift the cooling fan from the cooling fan cage.
NOTE
: If removing cooling fan 1, remove the fan cable connector from the power interposer board (PIB).
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