Note:Beforereplacingthesystemboard,makesureyouhavearetentionmoduleforthenewsystemboard.
Toreplacethesystemboard,dothefollowing:
1.Removeallmediafromthedrivesandturnoffallattacheddevicesandthecomputer.Then,disconnect
allpowercordsfromelectricaloutletsanddisconnectallcablesthatareconnectedtothecomputer.
2.Removethecomputercover.See“Removingtheservercover”onpage33.
3.Placethecomputeronitssidetogaineasieraccesstothesystemboard.
4.RemoveallmemorymodulesandPCIcardsthatarecurrentlyinstalled.See“Installingorremovinga
memorymodule”onpage39and“InstallingorreplacingaPCIcard”onpage35.
5.Removetheheatsinkandfanassemblyfromthefailingsystemboard.See“Replacingtheheatsinkand
fanassembly”onpage52.
6.Removethemicroprocessorfromthefailingsystemboard.See“Replacingthemicroprocessor”on
page59.
7.Removethebatteryfromthefailingsystemboard.See“Replacingthesystemboardbattery”onpage62.
8.Removethefrontfanassemblyfromthecomputer.See“Replacingthefrontfanassembly”onpage55.
9.Notethelocationofallcableconnectionsonthesystemboardanddisconnectallcables.See“Locating
partsonthesystemboard”onpage26.
10.Removetheeightscrewsthatsecurethesystemboardtothechassisbyfollowingthesequenceshown
inthefollowingillustration.
11.Carefullyliftthefailingsystemboardoutofthechassis.
12.Positionthenewsystemboardintothechassissothatthescrewholesinthenewsystemboardare
alignedwiththoseinthechassis.Installtheeightscrewsthatsecurethesystemboardtothechassisin
thereverseorderthattheywereremoved;thatis,installthescrew
8rstandinstallthescrew1last.
13.Removethemicroprocessorsocketcoverfromthenewsystemboard.
14.Installthememorymodules,PCIcards,battery,microprocessor,andheatsinkandfanassemblythat
youremovedfromthefailingsystemboardtothenewsystemboard.
15.Connectallcablestothesystemboard.See“Locatingpartsonthesystemboard”onpage26.
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