Installing the cooling fan assembly on page 89
Installing the cooling shroud on page 76
After working inside your system on page 68
Installing the hard drive backplane
Prerequisites
1. Follow the safety guidelines listed in the Safety instructions section.
2. Follow the procedure listed in the Before working inside your system section.
CAUTION: Many repairs may only be done by a certified service technician. You should only perform
troubleshooting and simple repairs as authorized in your product documentation, or as directed by the online or
telephone service and support team. Damage due to servicing that is not authorized by Dell is not covered by
your warranty. Read and follow the safety instructions that are shipped with your product.
CAUTION: To prevent damage to the control panel flex cable, do not bend the control panel flex cable after it is
inserted into the connector.
Steps
1. Use the hooks on the chassis as guides to align the hard drive backplane.
2. Lower the hard drive backplane until the release tabs snap into place.
3. Connect the SAS/SATA SSD data, signal, and power cable(s) to the backplane.
Figure 116. Installing the 2.5 inch (x24) SAS/SATA backplane
1. release tab (2) 2. left ear control panel cable
3. backplane power cable 4. hard drive backplane expander
5. backplane signal cable 6. hard drive backplane assembly
7. backplane power cable 8. mini SAS cable connector (2)
9. SAS cable (3) 10. control panel cable
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