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ToremoveaPCIecardfromtherisercardassembly,dothefollowing:
1.Removeallexternalmediafromthedrivesandturnoffallattacheddevicesandtheserver.Then,
disconnectallpowercordsfromelectricaloutletsanddisconnectallcablesthatareconnectedto
theserver.
2.Prepareyourserver.See“Removingorextendingtheserverfromtherackcabinet”onpage55.
3.Removetheservercover.See“Removingtheservercover”onpage55.
4.Removetherisercardassemblyandlayitupsidedownonaflat,clean,andstatic-protectivesurface.
See“Replacingtherisercardassembly”onpage122
.
5.Pivotthecardlatchtotheopenposition.
Figure46.Pivotingthecardlatchtotheopenposition
6.GraspthePCIecardbyitsedgesandcarefullypullitoutofthePCIeslotontherisercardassembly.
Note:ThePCIecardmightfittightlyintothePCIeslot.Ifnecessary,alternatemovingeachsideofthe
PCIecardasmallandequalamountuntilitiscompletelyremovedfromtheslot.
Figure47.RemovingthePCIecard
7.InstallanewPCIecardtoreplacetheoldoneorinstallaPCIecardslotbrackettocovertheplace.See
“InstallingaPCIecard”onpage81.
8.Reinstalltherisercardassembly.See“Replacingtherisercardassembly”onpage122.
9.IfyouareinstructedtoreturntheoldPCIecard,followallpackaginginstructionsanduseanypackaging
materialsthataresuppliedtoyouforshipping.
Whattodonext:
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