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Dell PowerEdge R730 Owner's Manual

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Removing expansion card risers

Prerequisites

CAUTION: Many repairs may only be done by a certified service technician. You should only perform troubleshooting and simple repairs as authorized in your product documentation, or as directed by the online or telephone service and support team. Damage due to servicing that is not authorized by Dell is not covered by your warranty. Read and follow the safety instructions that are shipped with your product.
  1. Follow the safety guidelines listed in the Safety instructions section.
  2. Follow the procedure listed in the Before working inside your system section.
  3. If installed, remove any expansion card installed on risers 2 and 3.
NOTE: The expansion card riser 1 can be used only when both the processors are installed.

Steps

  1. Holding the slots on the expansion card riser, lift the riser from the riser connector on the system board.
  2. To remove expansion card risers 2 and 3, hold the edges of the expansion card riser, and lift the riser from the riser connector on the system board.
    NOTE: To ensure proper cooling, the riser 1 blank must be installed in the riser 1 slot. Remove the riser 1 blank only if you are installing riser 1.
    Figure 1. Removing the expansion card riser 1
    This figure shows removing the expansion card riser 1
    1. expansion card riser 1 cage
    2. expansion card riser 1
    3. riser guide-back (right)
    4. riser guide-back (left)
    5. expansion card riser 1 connector
    6. riser guide-front
    Figure 2. Identifying connectors on the expansion card riser 1
    This figure shows connectors on the expansion card riser 1.
    1. expansion card slot 1
    2. expansion card slot 2
    3. expansion card slot 3
    Figure 3. Removing the expansion card riser 2
    This figure shows removing the expansion card riser 2.
    1. power connector (for GPU cards)
    2. expansion card riser 2
    3. riser guide-back
    4. expansion card riser 2 connector
    5. riser guide-front
    Figure 4. Identifying connectors on the expansion card riser 2
    This figure shows connectors on the expansion card riser 2.
    1. expansion card slot 4
    2. expansion card slot 5
    3. power connector (for GPU cards)
    Figure 5. Removing the expansion card riser 3
    This figure shows removing the expansion card riser 3.
    1. riser guide-front
    2. power connector (for GPU cards)
    3. expansion card riser 3
    4. riser guide-back
    5. expansion card riser 3 connector
    Figure 6. Identifying connectors on the expansion card riser 3
    This figure shows connectors on the expansion card riser 3 (alternate).
    1. expansion card slot 6
    2. power connector (for GPU cards)

Next steps

  1. If removed, install an expansion card on the riser.
  2. If applicable, replace the expansion card riser.
  3. Follow the procedure listed in the After working inside your system section.

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