CAUTION:
Theheatsinksandmicroprocessorsmightbeveryhot.Turnofftheserverandwaitseveralminutes
tolettheservercoolbeforeremovingtheservercover.
Beforeyoubegin,printalltherelatedinstructionsorensurethatyoucanviewthePDFversiononanother
computerforreference.
Note:Dependingonthemodel,yourservermightlookslightlydifferentfromtheillustrationsinthistopic.
Toreplacethesystemboard,dothefollowing:
1.Removeallexternalmediafromthedrivesandturnoffallattacheddevicesandtheserver.Then,
disconnectallpowercordsfromelectricaloutletsanddisconnectallcablesthatareconnectedto
theserver.
2.Prepareyourserver.See“Removingorextendingtheserverfromtherackcabinet”onpage55.
3.Removetheservercover.See“Removingtheservercover”onpage55.
4.Removethecoolingshroud.See“Removingthecoolingshroud”onpage58.
5.Removethesystemfans.See“Replacingasystemfan”onpage118.
6.Recordthecomponentlocations,cableconnections,andcableroutingintheserver.
7.Removethetworisercardassemblies.See“Replacingtherisercardassembly”onpage122.
8.Removeallmemorymodules.See“Removingamemorymodule”onpage66.
9.RemovetheTSMPremiummoduleifoneisinstalled.See“RemovingtheTSMPremiummodule”
onpage68.
10.RemovetheTPMifoneisinstalled.See“InstallingorremovingtheThinkServerTrustedPlatform
Module”onpage69.
11.RemovetheSDmoduleifoneisinstalled.See“RemovingtheSDmodule”onpage77.
12.Removethecoin-cellbattery.See“Replacingthecoin-cellbattery”onpage124.
13.Removetheheatsinks.See“Installingorreplacingaheatsink”onpage90.
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