Step6.CarefullyopentheretainingclipsoneachendoftheDIMMconnectorandremovetheDIMM.
Attention:ToavoidbreakingtheretainingclipsordamagingtheDIMMconnectors,openand
closetheclipsgently.
Figure144.DIMMinstallation
Step7.Touchthestatic-protectivepackagethatcontainstheDIMMtoanyunpaintedmetalsurfaceonthe
outsideoftheserver.Then,removetheDIMMfromthepackage.
Step8.TurntheDIMMsothatthealignmentslotaligncorrectlywiththealignmenttab.
Step9.InserttheDIMMintotheconnectorbyaligningtheedgesoftheDIMMwiththeslotsattheendsof
theDIMMconnector(see“System-boardoptional-deviceconnectors”onpage32forthelocations
oftheDIMMconnectors).
Step10.FirmlypresstheDIMMstraightdownintotheconnectorbyapplyingpressureonbothendsofthe
DIMMsimultaneously.TheretainingclipssnapintothelockedpositionwhentheDIMMisfirmly
seatedintheconnector.
Note:IfthereisagapbetweentheDIMMandtheretainingclips,theDIMMhasnotbeencorrectly
inserted;opentheretainingclips,removetheDIMM,andthenreinsertit.
Step11.Reconnectthepowercordsandanycablesthatyouremoved.
Step12.Replacetheairbaffle(see“Replacingtheairbaffle”onpage200).
Note:ClosealltheretainingclipsevenforslotswithoutDIMMsinstalledbeforereplacingthe
airbaffle.
Step13.ReplacePCIriser-cardassembliesifyouhaveremovedthemearlier(see“ReplacingaPCI
riser-cardassembly”onpage222).
Step14.Replacethecover(see“Replacingthecover”onpage196).
Step15.Turnontheperipheraldevicesandtheserver.
RemovingaPCIriser-cardassembly
Theservercomeswithoneriser-cardassembly(withoptiontoaddonemore)thateachcontainstwo
tothreePCIslots.
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