CAUTION:
Theheatsinksandmicroprocessorsmightbeveryhot.Turnofftheserverandwaitthreetove
minutestolettheservercoolbeforeremovingtheservercover.
Beforeyoubegin,printalltherelatedinstructionsorensurethatyoucanviewthePDFversiononanother
computerforreference.
Note:Dependingonthemodel,yourservermightlookslightlydifferentfromtheillustrationsinthistopic.
Toreplacethesystemboard,dothefollowing:
1.Removeallmediafromthedrivesandturnoffallattacheddevicesandtheserver.Then,disconnectall
powercordsfromelectricaloutletsanddisconnectallcablesthatareconnectedtotheserver.
2.Iftheserverisinstalledinarackcabinet,removetheserverfromtherackcabinetandplaceitonaat,
clean,andstatic-protectivesurface.SeetheRackInstallationInstructionsthatcomeswiththeserver.
3.Removethehot-swapredundantpowersupplies.See“Installingorreplacingahot-swapredundant
powersupply”onpage129
.
4.Removetheservercover.See“Removingtheservercover”onpage83.
5.Removethecoolingshroud.See“Removingandreinstallingthecoolingshroud”onpage91.
6.Recordthecomponentlocations,cableconnections,andcableroutingintheserver.
7.Removethesystemfancagewiththeinstalledsystemfansasawholebyliftingthesystemfancage
straightupandoutofthechassis.
Figure135.Removingthesystemfancagewithsystemfans
8.Removethetworisercardassemblies.See“Replacingtherisercardassembly1”onpage159and
“Replacingtherisercardassembly2”onpage161.
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