Lenovo ThinkServer RS140 - Replacing a System Fan

•Tocompletethereplacement,goto“Completingthepartsreplacement”onpage106.
Replacingasystemfan
Attention:Donotopenyourserverorattemptanyrepairbeforereadingandunderstanding“Safetyinformation”
onpageiiiand“Guidelines”onpage53.
Thistopicprovidesinstructionsonhowtoreplaceasystemfan.Yourserverhasthreesystemfans.
Note:ThisproceduremustbeperformedonlybytrainedservicepersonnelofLenovo.
CAUTION:
Hazardousmovingparts.Keepfingersandotherbodypartsaway.
Beforeyoubegin,printalltherelatedinstructionsorensurethatyoucanviewthePDFversiononanother
computerforreference.
Notes:
•Ensurethatthenewsystemfanisthesametypewiththesystemfanthatyouwanttoreplace.
•Dependingonthemodel,yourservermightlookslightlydifferentfromtheillustrationsinthistopic.
Toreplaceasystemfan,dothefollowing:
1.Removeallmediafromthedrivesandturnoffallattacheddevicesandtheserver.Then,disconnectall
powercordsfromelectricaloutletsanddisconnectallcablesthatareconnectedtotheserver.
2.Iftheserverisinstalledinarackcabinet,removetheserverfromtherackcabinetandplaceitonaflat,
clean,andstatic-protectivesurface.
3.Removetheservercover.See“Removingtheservercover”onpage55.
4.Locatethesystemfanthatyouwanttoreplace.See“Servercomponents”onpage17.
5.Disconnectthesystemfancablefromthesystemboard.See“Systemboardcomponents”onpage32.
Note:Ifyouwanttoreplacethesystemfan1thatisneartherearoftheserver,removetherisercard
assemblytoaccessthesystemfan1connectoronthesystemboard.See“Replacingtherisercard
assembly”onpage75.
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