Dell PowerEdge T550 Installation and Service Manual

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Removing a expansion card

Prerequisites

  1. Follow the safety guidelines listed in Safety instructions.
  2. Follow the procedure that is listed in Before working inside your system.
  3. Remove the air shroud.

Steps

  1. Disconnect the cables from the expansion card.
  2. Press the expansion card latch and push down the latch to open it.
  3. Hold the expansion card by the edge, and pull the card up to remove it from the expansion card connector and the system.
    Figure 1. Removing an expansion card
    This image shows removing an expansion card.
  4. Install the filler brackets by performing the following steps:
    1. Align the slot on the filler bracket with the tab on the expansion card slot.
    2. Press the expansion card latch till the filler bracket locks into place.
    NOTE:Filler brackets must be installed in empty expansion-card slots to maintain FCC certification of the system. The brackets also keep dust and dirt out of the system and aid in proper cooling and airflow inside the system.
    Figure 2. Installing the filler bracket
    This image shows installing the filler bracket.

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