Lenovo ThinkServer - Replacing the Front Panel Board Assembly

Replacingthefrontpanelboardassembly
Attention:Donotopenyourserverorattemptanyrepairbeforereadingandunderstandingthe“Safetyinformation”
onpageiii
and“Guidelines”onpage83.
Thistopicprovidesinstructionsonhowtoreplacethefrontpanelboardassembly.
Beforeyoubegin,printalltherelatedinstructionsorensurethatyoucanviewthePDFversiononanother
computerforreference.
Note:Dependingonthemodel,yourservermightlookslightlydifferentfromtheillustrationsinthistopic.
Toreplacethefrontpanelboardassembly,dothefollowing:
1.Removeallmediafromthedrivesandturnoffallattacheddevicesandtheserver.Then,disconnectall
powercordsfromelectricaloutletsanddisconnectallcablesthatareconnectedtotheserver.
2.Removetheservercover.See“Removingtheservercover”onpage85.
3.Removethefrontbezel.See“Removingandreinstallingthefrontbezel”onpage87.
4.Locatethefrontpanel.See“Frontpanel”onpage17.
5.Removethefrontsystemfan(s).See“Replacingthefrontsystemfan”onpage149.
6.Disconnectthesignalcablesofthefrontpanelboardassemblyfromtheinternaldual-portUSB2.0
connector1andthefrontpanelconnectoronthesystemboard.See“Systemboardcomponents”
onpage42.
7.Ifnecessary,removeanypartsordisconnectanycablesthatmightimpedeyouraccesstothesignal
cablesofthefrontpanelboardassembly.Notedownthecableroutingandthenreleasethesignal
cablesofthefrontpanelboardassemblyfromanycableclipsortiesinthechassis.
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