- Notes, cautions, and warnings
- About the Dell PowerEdge T330 system
- Documentation resources
- Technical specifications
- Initial system setup and configuration
- Pre-operating system management applications
- Navigation keys
- System Setup
- Entering System Setup
- System Setup details
- System BIOS Settings details
- System Information details
- Memory Settings details
- Processor Settings details
- SATA Settings details
- Boot Settings details
- Network Settings screen details
- Integrated Devices details
- Serial Communication details
- System Profile Settings details
- System Security Settings details
- Miscellaneous Settings details
- About Boot Manager
- About Dell Lifecycle Controller
- Changing the boot order
- Choosing the system boot mode
- Creating a system or setup password
- Using your system password to secure your system
- Deleting or changing system and setup password
- Operating with a setup password enabled
- Embedded systems management
- iDRAC Settings utility
- Installing and removing system components
- Safety instructions
- Before working inside your system
- After working inside your system
- Recommended tools
- Front bezel (optional)
- System feet
- Caster wheels – optional
- System cover
- Inside the system
- Optical drives and tape drives (optional)
- Cooling shroud
- Intrusion switch
- Hard drives
- Supported hard drive configurations
- Removing a 3.5-inch hot swappable hard drive carrier blank
- Installing a 3.5-inch hot swappable hard drive carrier blank
- Removing a hot swappable hard drive carrier
- Removing a hot swappable hard drive from a hard drive carrier
- Installing a hot swappable hard drive into a hot swappable hard drive carrier
- Installing a hot swappable hard drive carrier
- Installing a 2.5-inch hot swappable hard drive into a 3.5-inch hard drive adapter
- Installing a 3.5-inch hard drive adapter into the 3.5-inch hot swappable hard drive carrier
- Removing a 3.5-inch hard drive adapter from a 3.5-inch hot swappable hard drive carrier
- Removing a 2.5-inch hot swappable hard drive from a 3.5-inch hard drive adapter
- Hard drive backplane
- Four-slot hard drive blank
- System memory
- Cooling fans
- Internal USB memory key (optional)
- Expansion cards
- SD vFlash card (optional)
- iDRAC port card (optional)
- Internal dual SD module (optional)
- Heat sink and processor
- Power supply units
- Power interposer board
- System battery
- Control panel assembly
- Removing the control panel assembly
- Installing the control panel assembly
- Removing the control panel assembly cover
- Installing the control panel assembly cover
- Removing the control panel board
- Installing the control panel board
- Removing the LCD module
- Installing the LCD module
- Removing the optional VGA module
- Installing the optional VGA module
- System board
- Trusted Platform Module
- System top cover
- Converting the system from tower mode to rack mode
- Using system diagnostics
- Jumpers and connectors
- Troubleshooting your system
- Troubleshooting system startup failure
- Troubleshooting external connections
- Troubleshooting the video subsystem
- Troubleshooting a USB device
- Troubleshooting iDRAC Direct - USB XML configuration
- Troubleshooting iDRAC Direct - Laptop connection
- Troubleshooting a serial input and output device
- Troubleshooting a NIC
- Troubleshooting a wet system
- Troubleshooting a damaged system
- Troubleshooting the system battery
- Troubleshooting power supply units
- Troubleshooting cooling problems
- Troubleshooting cooling fans
- Troubleshooting system memory
- Troubleshooting an internal USB key
- Troubleshooting a micro SD card
- Troubleshooting an optical drive
- Troubleshooting a tape backup unit
- Troubleshooting a drive or SSD
- Troubleshooting a storage controller
- Troubleshooting expansion cards
- Troubleshooting processors
- Getting help
Dell PowerEdge T330 Owner's Manual
Removing the internal cooling fan
Prerequisites
CAUTION: Never
operate your system with the internal cooling fan removed. The system
can overheat and result in shutdown of the system and loss of data.
CAUTION: Do not operate the system with the cover removed for a duration exceeding
5 minutes.
- Follow the safety guidelines listed in Safety instructions.
- Follow the procedure listed in Before working inside your system.
- Remove the air shroud.
Steps
- Disconnect the internal cooling fan power cable from the system board.
- Holding the internal cooling fan, press the release tab, and slide
the cooling fan out in the direction of the arrow marked on the fan.
CAUTION: Do not remove or install the internal cooling fan by holding the fan blades.
Next steps
- Follow the procedure listed in After working inside your system.
- Install the internal cooling fan.
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