- Notes, cautions, and warnings
- Working inside your computer
- Removing and installing components
- Recommended tools
- Screw list
- Major components of Precision 7960 Tower
- Backplanes supported on Precision 7960 Tower
- Left-side cover
- Front bezel
- Front optical-drive and hard-drive bezel
- Front optical-drive and hard-drive inner bezel
- Top cover
- Front I/O-bezel
- Front I/O-board
- Rear bezel
- Air shroud
- Memory fan
- Memory module
- Heat sink
- Processor
- Coin-cell battery
- External storage flexbay (Hard drive)
- Removing the front 2.5-inch hard-drive assembly
- Installing the front 2.5-inch hard-drive assembly
- Removing the front 3.5-inch hard-drive assembly
- Installing the front 3.5-inch hard-drive assembly
- Removing the rear 2.5-inch hard-drive assembly
- Installing the rear 2.5-inch hard-drive assembly
- Removing the rear 3.5-inch hard-drive assembly
- Installing the rear 3.5-inch hard-drive assembly
- Removing the external 2.5-inch hard-drive caddy
- Installing the external 2.5-inch hard-drive caddy
- Removing the external 3.5-inch hard-drive caddy
- Installing the external 3.5-inch hard-drive caddy
- M.2 solid-state drive module
- External storage flexbay (Solid-state drive)
- Slim optical-drive
- PCIe holder
- Front fan
- Rear fans
- Expansion card
- Removing the powered graphics-card
- Installing the powered graphics-card
- Removing the non-powered graphics card
- Installing the non-powered graphics card
- Removing the UltraSpeed Duo card
- Installing the UltraSpeed Duo solid-state drive
- Installing the UltraSpeed Duo card
- Removing the UltraSpeed Quad card
- Installing the UltraSpeed Quad solid-state drive
- Installing the UltraSpeed Quad card
- Removing the Thunderbolt 4 PCIe card
- Installing the Thunderbolt 4 PCIe card
- Removing the wireless card
- Installing the wireless card
- Speaker
- Right-side cover
- Power-supply unit
- Power-distribution board
- Front-NVMe module
- Rear-NVMe module
- Front SATA/SAS module
- Rear SATA/SAS module
- Front SATA hard-drive modules
- System board
- Rail kit
- Drivers and downloads
- BIOS Setup
- Troubleshooting
- Getting help and contacting Dell
Precision 7960 Tower Service Manual
Installing the UltraSpeed Duo solid-state drive
Prerequisites
If you are replacing a component, remove the existing component before performing the installation procedure.
About this task
The following image provides a visual representation of the UltraSpeed Duo solid-state drive installation procedure.
Steps
- Press the release latch to open the fan shroud.
- Loosen the two captive screws and lift the heat sink away from the UltraSpeed Duo card.
- Remove the screw (M2x3) from the UltraSpeed Duo card.
- Peel the protection film that covers the thermal pad on the M.2 solid-state drive slot.
- Peel the protection film that covers the thermal pad on the heat sink.
- Align the notch on the M.2 2280 solid-state drive with the tab on the solid-state drive slot.
- Slide the M.2 2280 solid-state drive into the M.2 2280 solid-state drive slot on the UltraSpeed Duo card.
- Replace the screw (M2x3) on the UltraSpeed Duo card to secure the M.2 2280 solid-state drive.
- Align the screw holes on the solid-state drive heat sink with screw holes on the UltraSpeed Duo card.
- Tighten the two captive screws that secure the solid-state drive heat sink in place.
- Close the fan shroud and press until it clicks in place.
NOTE:The UltraSpeed Duo card can support two solid-state drives. Repeat step 1 to step 10 to install the solid-state drive into the second slot.
Next steps
- Install the UltraSpeed Duo card.
- Install the left-side cover.
- Follow the procedure in after working inside your computer.
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