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Dell PowerEdge C4130 Owner's Manual

Removing the expansion card riser

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.

NOTE: This is a Field Replaceable Unit (FRU). Removal and installation procedures should be performed only by Dell certified service technicians.

  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. Remove the PCIe shroud.
  4. Remove the expansion card riser cage.

Steps

  1. Remove the screws that secure the expansion card riser board to the expansion riser cage.
  2. Remove the expansion board(s) from the expansion card riser cage.
    Figure 1. Removing expansion card riser from expansion card riser cage
    This image shows removing expansion card riser from expansion card riser cage
    1. screws (2)
    2. cabled expansion card riser board
    3. expansion card riser cage
    4. expansion card riser board
    5. screw (2)

Next steps

CAUTION: The expansion card riser cables must be connected to the system board or the NVLink board only after installing the expansion card riser cage, to prevent pin damage in the PCIe connectors.

  1. Install the expansion card, if applicable.
  2. Install the expansion card riser cage.

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