Notes:
•IfyouremovetheTPM,theTPMfunctionwillbeunavailable.
•UseanydocumentationthatcomeswiththeTPMandfollowthoseinstructionsinadditiontothe
instructionsinthistopic.
•Dependingonthemodel,yourservermightlookslightlydifferentfromtheillustrationinthistopic.
ToremovetheTPM,dothefollowing:
1.Removeallmediafromthedrivesandturnoffallattacheddevicesandtheserver.Then,disconnectall
powercordsfromelectricaloutletsanddisconnectallcablesthatareconnectedtotheserver.
2.Iftheserverisinstalledinarackcabinet,removetheserverfromtherackcabinetandplaceitonaat,
clean,andstatic-protectivesurface.SeetheRackInstallationInstructionsthatcomeswiththeserver.
3.Removetheservercover.See“Removingtheservercover”onpage69.
4.LocatetheTPMonthesystemboard.See“Systemboardcomponents”onpage32.IfthereisanyPCI
Expresscardinstalledontherisercardassembly1,itmightblockyouraccesstotheTPMconnectoron
thesystemboard.Inthiscase,youneedtoremovethecoolingshroud,andthencarefullylifttheriser
cardassembly1upsothatyoucanaccesstheTPMconnector.Youdonotneedtodisconnectany
cablesfromthePCIExpresscardorcompletelyremovetherisercardassembly1.
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