Contents 3 
Contents 
Customer self repair...................................................................................................................... 6 
Parts only warranty service ......................................................................................................................... 6 
Illustrated parts catalog ............................................................................................................... 16 
Mechanical components........................................................................................................................... 16 
System components ................................................................................................................................. 19 
Removal and replacement procedures........................................................................................... 24 
Required tools......................................................................................................................................... 24 
Safety considerations............................................................................................................................... 25 
Preventing electrostatic discharge .................................................................................................... 25 
Server warnings and cautions ......................................................................................................... 25 
Preparation procedures............................................................................................................................ 25 
Extending the server from the rack ................................................................................................... 26 
Power down the server................................................................................................................... 27 
Remove the server from the rack...................................................................................................... 27 
Removing the access panel............................................................................................................. 28 
Removing the front bezel ................................................................................................................ 28 
Removing the system cage.............................................................................................................. 29 
Removing a diskette, DVD, CD-RW drive or blank ....................................................................................... 30 
Removing the processor module ................................................................................................................ 31 
Removing a processor or processor blank................................................................................................... 32 
Removing a PPM..................................................................................................................................... 35 
Removing a PCI latch............................................................................................................................... 36 
Removing a PCI retaining clip................................................................................................................... 37 
Removing the expansion slot cover ............................................................................................................ 38 
Removing a non-hot-plug expansion board ................................................................................................. 38 
Removing the PCI-X Hot Plug basket........................................................................................................... 39 
Removing a PCI-X Hot Plug expansion board .............................................................................................. 40 
Removing the PCI-X Hot Plug mezzanine option........................................................................................... 40 
Removing the PCI Express mezzanine option .............................................................................................. 41 
Recovering data from the BBWC............................................................................................................... 42 
Removing the BBWC battery pack............................................................................................................. 42 
Removing the BBWC cache module........................................................................................................... 43 
Removing the system board ...................................................................................................................... 44 
Re-entering the server serial number and product ID........................................................................... 45 
Battery................................................................................................................................................... 46 
Removing the media board....................................................................................................................... 46 
Removing the media pass-through board.................................................................................................... 47 
Removing the SAS backplane ................................................................................................................... 48 
Removing the power backplane ................................................................................................................ 49 
Removing the memory backplane .............................................................................................................. 50 
Removing a hard drive blank.................................................................................................................... 51 
Removing a hot-plug SAS hard drive.......................................................................................................... 51 
Removing a power supply blank................................................................................................................ 52 
Removing a redundant hot-plug power supply............................................................................................. 52 
Replacing hot-plug fans............................................................................................................................ 53 
Memory overview ................................................................................................................................... 54 
General memory configuration requirements..................................................................................... 55 
Single- and dual-rank DIMMs .......................................................................................................... 55