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2.Prepareyourserver.See“Removingorextendingtheserverfromtherackcabinet”onpage61.
3.Removetheservercover.See“Removingtheservercover”onpage61.
4.Locatetherisercardassemblythatyouwanttoremove.See“Servercomponents”onpage25.
5.Grasptherisercardassemblythatyouwanttoreplacebyitsedgesandcarefullyliftitstraightupand
offthechassis.
Figure124.Removingtherisercardassembly
6.IfthereisanyPCIecard(suchasanEthernetcard)installedontherisercardassembly,recordthe
cableconnections,andthendisconnectallcablesfromthecardtocompletelyremovetherisercard
assemblyoutofthechassis.Then,removethePCIecardfromtherisercardassembly.See“Removing
aPCIecard”onpage96
.
7.Removethetwoscrewsthatsecurethefailingrisercard.Then,removethefailingrisercardfrom
thebracket.
Figure125.Removingtherisercard
8.Touchthestatic-protectivepackagethatcontainsthenewrisercardtoanyunpaintedsurfaceonthe
outsideoftheserver.Then,removethenewrisercardfromthepackage.
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