Lenovo ThinkServer RD350 - Page 133

Note:Dependingonthemodel,yourservermightlookslightlydifferentfromtheillustrationsinthistopic.
Toreplaceasystemfan,dothefollowing:
1.Removeallexternalmediafromthedrivesandturnoffallattacheddevicesandtheserver.Then,
disconnectallpowercordsfromelectricaloutletsanddisconnectallcablesthatareconnectedto
theserver.
2.Prepareyourserver.See“Removingorextendingtheserverfromtherackcabinet”onpage55.
3.Removetheservercover.See“Removingtheservercover”onpage55.
4.Removethecoolingshroud.See“Removingandreinstallingthecoolingshroud”onpage58.
5.Locatethesystemfans.See“Servercomponents”onpage23.
6.Disconnectthecableofthesystemfanfromthesystemfanconnectoronthesystemboard.Graspthe
topofthesystemfanwithyourindexfingerandthumbandthenliftthesystemfanoutoftheserver.
Figure93.Removingthesystemfan
7.Touchthestatic-protectivepackagethatcontainsthenewsystemfantoanyunpaintedsurfaceonthe
outsideoftheserver.Then,removethenewsystemfanfromthepackage.
8.Notetheorientationofthenewsystemfanandtheninsertthenewsystemfanintothechassisuntil
itissecuredintoplace.Connectthecableofthenewsystemfantothesystemfanconnectoron
thesystemboard.
Figure94.Installingthesystemfan
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