Lenovo ThinkServer RD240 - Installing or Removing a PCI Card

Thissectionprovidesinstructionsonhowtoinstalltherisercardassembly.Therisercardassemblymight
havePCIcard(s)installedonit.
Toinstalltherisercardassembly,dothefollowing:
Note:Useanydocumentationthatcomeswiththerisercardassemblyandfollowthoseinstructionsin
additiontotheinstructionsinthissection.
1.Removeallmediafromthedrivesandturnoffallattacheddevicesandtheserver.Then,disconnectall
powercordsfromelectricaloutletsanddisconnectallcablesthatareconnectedtotheserver.
2.Removetheservercover.See“Removingtheservercover”onpage21.
3.Touchthestatic-protectivepackagethatcontainstherisercardassemblytoanyunpaintedmetal
surfaceontheserver.Then,removetherisercardassemblyfromthestatic-protectivepackage.
4.Positiontherisercardassemblyinplacesothatyoucanpresstherisercardassemblystraightdown
intothePCIcardslotonthesystemboard.See“Locatingpartsonthesystemboard”onpage16.
Then,installthetwoscrewstosecuretherisercardassemblyinplace.Youmightneedascrewdriverto
makesurethatthescrewsarermlytightenedandtherisercardassemblyissecurelyinstalled.Do
notover-tightenthescrews.
Note:Youmightneedtopresstheretaininglatchoftheslottosecuretherisercardassemblyinto
theslot.
Figure27.Installingtherisercardassembly
Whattodonext:
•Toworkwithanotherpieceofhardware,gototheappropriatesection.
•Tocompletetheinstallation,goto“Completingthepartsreplacement”onpage71.
InstallingorremovingaPCIcard
ThissectionprovidesinstructionsonhowtoinstallorremoveaPCIcard.
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