Electrostatic discharge (ESD) information ......................................................................... 55
Product recycling ................................................................................................................................ 57
Component replacement guidelines ................................................................................................... 57
Battery ............................................................................................................................... 57
Cable management ........................................................................................................... 58
CPU (processor) and CPU heatsink .................................................................................. 59
Expansion slots .................................................................................................................. 60
Card configuration restrictions for power supplies ............................................ 60
Choosing an expansion card slot ...................................................................... 60
SFF workstation slot identification and description ........................................... 61
SFF workstation installation sequence recommendations ................................ 62
Tower workstation slot identification and description ........................................ 63
Tower workstation installation sequence recommendations ............................. 64
Hard drives and optical disc drives .................................................................................... 65
Handling hard drives ......................................................................................... 65
Removal and replacement tips .......................................................................... 65
Drive installation and cabling scenarios ............................................................ 66
SFF workstations—SATA cable connection guidelines .................... 66
Tower workstations—SATA cable connection guidelines ................ 66
Memory .............................................................................................................................. 66
Supported DIMM configurations ........................................................................ 66
BIOS errors and warnings ................................................................................. 67
DIMM installation guidelines ............................................................................. 67
SFF workstation DIMM installation order .......................................................... 68
Tower workstation DIMM installation order ....................................................... 68
Power supply ..................................................................................................................... 69
Power supply specifications .............................................................................. 69
Power consumption and heat dissipation .......................................................... 70
Resetting the power supply ............................................................................... 70
System board ..................................................................................................................... 70
System cabling .................................................................................................. 71
SFF workstation system cabling ....................................................... 71
Tower workstation system cabling .................................................... 72
4 Diagnostics and troubleshooting ..................................................................................................................... 73
Calling support ................................................................................................................................... 74
Locating ID labels ............................................................................................................................... 75
Locating warranty information ............................................................................................................ 76
Diagnosis guidelines .......................................................................................................................... 76
Diagnosis at startup ........................................................................................................... 76
Diagnosis during operation ................................................................................................ 77
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