Network Daughter Card..................................................................................................................................................... 83
Removing the Network Daughter Card......................................................................................................................83
Installing the Network Daughter Card........................................................................................................................ 85
Processors............................................................................................................................................................................86
Removing a heat sink....................................................................................................................................................86
Removing a processor...................................................................................................................................................87
Installing a processor.....................................................................................................................................................90
Installing a heat sink....................................................................................................................................................... 91
Hard drives or SSDs............................................................................................................................................................93
Hard drive or SSD bay numbering...............................................................................................................................93
Hard drive or SSD installation guidelines.................................................................................................................... 93
Removing a hard drive or SSD.....................................................................................................................................94
Installing a hard drive or SSD....................................................................................................................................... 95
Removing a hard drive or SSD blank...........................................................................................................................97
Installing a hard drive or SSD blank.............................................................................................................................98
Shutdown procedure for servicing a hard drive........................................................................................................ 99
Configuring the boot drive........................................................................................................................................... 99
Removing a 2.5-inch hard drive or SSD from a 2.5-inch hard drive or SSD carrier............................................. 99
Installing a 2.5-inch hard drive or SSD in a 2.5-inch hard-drive or SSD carrier....................................................101
Removing a 1.8-inch SSD from a 1.8-inch SSD carrier ...........................................................................................102
Installing a 1.8-inch SSD in a 1.8-inch SSD carrier....................................................................................................102
Removing the hard drive or SSD cage......................................................................................................................103
Installing the hard drive or SSD cage........................................................................................................................ 104
Hard drive or SSD backplane........................................................................................................................................... 106
Removing the hard drive or SSD backplane.............................................................................................................106
Installing the hard drive or SSD backplane................................................................................................................107
Storage controller card..................................................................................................................................................... 109
Removing the PCIe extender or storage controller card.........................................................................................110
Installing the PCIe extender or storage controller card............................................................................................ 111
System board...................................................................................................................................................................... 112
Removing the system board........................................................................................................................................113
Installing the system board..........................................................................................................................................115
Trusted Platform Module.............................................................................................................................................117
System battery....................................................................................................................................................................119
Replacing the NVRAM backup battery......................................................................................................................119
Chapter 7: Using system diagnostics............................................................................................. 122
Dell Embedded System Diagnostics................................................................................................................................ 122
Running the Embedded System Diagnostics............................................................................................................122
Running embedded system diagnostics from an external media...........................................................................122
System diagnostics controls.......................................................................................................................................123
Chapter 8: Jumpers and connectors ............................................................................................. 124
System board jumper settings..........................................................................................................................................124
System board connectors.................................................................................................................................................125
Disabling a forgotten password........................................................................................................................................126
Chapter 9: Troubleshooting your system........................................................................................127
Troubleshooting system memory.....................................................................................................................................127
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