
Dell PowerEdge XE9785 Installation and Service Manual
Removing the PCIe expansion cards
Prerequisites
- Follow the safety guidelines listed in the Safety instructions.
- Remove the HPM sled.
- Remove the HPM sled cover.
- Remove the storage module sled cover.
- Slide out the storage module sled.
- Remove the PCIe air shroud.
- NOTE:Disconnect the OCP NIC cable, and DRAC RJ45 network cables.
Steps
- Pull the PCIe expansion card to disengage it from the PSRBB or PSBB (PCIe Switch Retimer Base Board/ PCIe Switch Base board).
- Lift the PCIe expansion card out of the system.
Figure 1. Removing the PCIe expansion cards 
- If the PCIe expansion card is not going to be installed or replaced, install
the filler.
Figure 2. Installing the filler 
Next steps
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