Expansion card holder....................................................................................................................................................122
Removing the expansion card holder.....................................................................................................................122
Installing the expansion card holder....................................................................................................................... 123
GPU card holder (optional)........................................................................................................................................... 124
Removing the optional GPU card holder............................................................................................................... 124
Installing the optional GPU card holder..................................................................................................................124
Expansion cards..............................................................................................................................................................125
Expansion card installation guidelines.................................................................................................................... 125
GPU card installation guidelines..............................................................................................................................126
Removing a expansion card.....................................................................................................................................126
Installing an expansion card.....................................................................................................................................128
Optional IDSDM or vFlash card.................................................................................................................................... 129
Removing the MicroSD card...................................................................................................................................129
Installing the MicroSD card..................................................................................................................................... 130
Removing the optional IDSDM or vFlash card......................................................................................................130
Installing optional IDSDM or vFlash card................................................................................................................131
Hard drive backplane......................................................................................................................................................132
Removing a hard drive backplane...........................................................................................................................134
Installing a hard drive backplane.............................................................................................................................135
Backplane cabling...........................................................................................................................................................136
Integrated storage controller card.................................................................................................................................141
Removing the integrated storage controller card..................................................................................................141
Installing the integrated storage controller card................................................................................................... 142
System battery................................................................................................................................................................142
Replacing the system battery................................................................................................................................. 143
Optional internal USB memory key...............................................................................................................................144
Replacing optional internal USB memory key....................................................................................................... 144
Trusted Platform Module...............................................................................................................................................144
Replacing the Trusted Platform Module................................................................................................................144
Initializing TPM for BitLocker users........................................................................................................................145
Initializing the TPM 1.2 for TXT users....................................................................................................................145
System board..................................................................................................................................................................146
Removing the system board................................................................................................................................... 146
Installing the system board......................................................................................................................................148
Restoring the Service Tag using Easy Restore..................................................................................................... 149
Power interposer boards............................................................................................................................................... 150
Removing the GPU power interposer board..........................................................................................................151
Installing the GPU power interposer board............................................................................................................151
Removing the main power interposer board.........................................................................................................152
Installing the main power interposer board........................................................................................................... 153
Control panel assembly..................................................................................................................................................154
Removing the control panel assembly................................................................................................................... 154
Installing the control panel assembly..................................................................................................................... 155
7 Using system diagnostics............................................................................................................................157
Dell Embedded System Diagnostics.............................................................................................................................157
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