Lenovo System x3250 M5 - Removing a DIMM

RemovingandreplacingTier1CRUs
ThissectionprovidesinformationforremovingandreplacingTier1CRUsintheserver.
ReplacementofTier1CRUsisyourresponsibility.IfLenovoinstallsaTier1CRUatyourrequest,youwill
bechargedfortheinstallation.
Theillustrationsinthisdocumentmightdifferslightlyfromyourhardware.
RemovingaDIMM
Usethisinformationtoremoveamemorymodule.
Readthesafetyinformationin“Safety”onpagevand“Installationguidelines”onpage31.
Ifyouarereplacingaservercomponentintheserver,youneedtoslidetheserveroutfromtherack
enclosure,turnofftheserverandperipheraldevices,anddisconnectthepowercordsandallexternalcables.
Toremoveadualinlinememorymodule(DIMM),completethefollowingsteps.
Step1.Removethecover(see“Removingthecover”onpage157).
Step2.Removetheairbaffleifinstalled(see“Removingtheairbaffle”onpage159).
Step3.CarefullyopentheretainingclipsoneachendoftheDIMMconnectorandremovetheDIMM.
Attention:ToavoidbreakingtheretainingclipsordamagingtheDIMMconnectors,handlethe
clipsgently.
Figure95.DIMMremoval
Ifyouareinstructedtoreturntheservercomponentoroptionaldevice,followallpackaginginstructions,
anduseanypackagingmaterialsforshippingthataresuppliedtoyou.
Memorymoduleinstallation
ThefollowingnotesdescribethetypesofDIMMsthattheserversupportsandotherinformationthatyou
mustconsiderwhenyouinstallDIMMs.
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