Dell PowerEdge R740xd - Installing a GPU

Figure 97. Removing GPU 2 and 3
4 Disconnect the GPU power cable from the GPU and system board.
5 If you are removing the GPU permanently, install a ller bracket over the empty slot opening, and close 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 and dirt out of the system and aid in proper
cooling and airow inside the system. The ller bracket is necessary to maintain proper thermal conditions.
Next step
Install a GPU.
Installing a GPU
Prerequisites
1 Follow the safety guidelines listed in Safety instructions..
2 Remove the air shroud.
3 Remove the heat sink.
4 Remove the cooling fans and replace them with Install the cooling fans.
5 Unpack the GPU cards and the GPU kit.
6 Install the heat sink from the kit.
7 Install the risers.
8 Install the GPU air shroud on the system.
Installing and removing system components
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