•Tooptimizesystemperformance,ensurethatyoufollowthememorymoduleinstallationruleswhen
performingtheoperation.See“Memorymoduleinstallationrules”onpage82
.
•Useanydocumentationthatcomeswiththememorymoduleandfollowthoseinstructionsinadditionto
theinstructionsinthistopic.
Toinstallamemorymodule,dothefollowing:
1.Removeallexternalmediafromthedrivesandturnoffallattacheddevicesandtheserver.Then,
disconnectallpowercordsfromelectricaloutletsanddisconnectallcablesthatareconnectedto
theserver.
2.Iftheserverisinstalledinarackcabinet,removetheserverfromtherackcabinetandplaceitonaflat,
clean,andstatic-protectivesurface.SeetheRackInstallationInstructionsthatcomeswiththeserver.If
theserverisintowerformfactor,laytheserveronitssideforeasieroperation.
3.Removetheservercover.See“Removingtheservercover”onpage72.
4.Removethecoolingshroud.See“Removingthecoolingshroud”onpage75.
5.Locatethememoryslotsonthesystemboard.See“Systemboardcomponents”onpage47.
6.Removeanypartsanddisconnectanycablesthatmightpreventyouraccesstothememoryslots.
7.Opentheretainingclipsoftheappropriatememoryslot.See“Memorymoduleinstallationrules”on
page82
fortheinstallationsequenceinformation.
Figure48.Openingtheretainingclipsofthememoryslot
8.Touchthestatic-protectivepackagethatcontainsthenewmemorymoduletoanyunpaintedsurfaceon
theoutsideoftheserver.Then,takethenewmemorymoduleoutofthepackage.
Note:Carefullyhandlethememorymodulebyitsedges.
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