Beforeyoubegin,printalltherelatedinstructionsorensurethatyoucanviewthePDFversiononanother
computerforreference.
ToremoveaPCIecardfromtherisercardassembly,dothefollowing:
1.Removeallexternalmediafromthedrivesandturnoffallattacheddevicesandtheserver.Then,
disconnectallpowercordsfromelectricaloutletsanddisconnectallcablesthatareconnectedto
theserver.
2.Prepareyourserver.See“Removingorextendingtheserverfromtherackcabinet”onpage61.
3.Removetheservercover.See“Removingtheservercover”onpage61.
4.Removetherisercardassemblyandlayitupsidedownonaflat,clean,andstatic-protectivesurface.
See“Replacingtherisercardassembly”onpage143.
5.LocatethePCIecardyouwanttoremove.Then,pivotthecardlatchtotheopenposition.
Figure65.Pivotingthecardlatchtotheopenposition
6.GraspthePCIecardbyitsedgesandcarefullypullitoutofthePCIeslotontherisercardassembly.
Note:ThePCIecardmightfittightlyintothePCIeslot.Ifnecessary,alternatemovingeachsideofthe
PCIecardasmallandequalamountuntilitiscompletelyremovedfromtheslot.
Figure66.RemovingthePCIecard
7.InstallanewPCIecardtoreplacetheoldoneorinstallaPCIecardslotbrackettocovertheplace.See
“InstallingaPCIecard”onpage95.
8.Reinstalltherisercardassembly.See“Replacingtherisercardassembly”onpage143.
9.IfyouareinstructedtoreturntheoldPCIecard,followallpackaginginstructionsanduseanypackaging
materialsthataresuppliedtoyouforshipping.
Chapter6.Replacinghardware97
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