TX300 S7 / RX350 S7 Upgrade and Maintenance Manual 475
Expansion cards and backup units
9.4.2 Removing a GPGPU card
9.4.2.1 Required tools
● Preliminary and concluding steps: tool-less
● Removing a GPGPU card
– Phillips PH2 / (+) No. 2 screw driver
9.4.2.2 Preliminary steps
Before removing an expansion card, perform the following steps:
Ê Disable BitLocker functionality as described in section "Disabling BitLocker
functionality" on page 141.
Ê Shut down the server as described in section "Shutting down the server" on
page 71.
Ê Remove the AC power cords from the PSU cable brackets and disconnect
them from the system as described in section "Disconnecting the server
from the mains" on page 72.
Ê Remove all external cables from the expansion card to be removed.
Ê When working on a rack-mounted server, extend it out of the rack as
described in section "Extending the server out of the rack" on page 76.
If further required, remove the server from the rack as described in section
"Removing the server from the rack" on page 77.
Ê Bring the server to its horizontal position.
Ê Open the side / top cover as described in section "Removing the top cover"
on page 79 (rack server) or "Removing the side cover" on page 88 (tower
server).
Ê Remove the air duct as described in section "Removing the system air duct"
on page 100.
Upgrade and Repair Units (URU)
Average task duration: 10 minutes