Dell EMC PowerEdge M640 Installation and Service Manual

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Removing a memory module

Prerequisites

  1. Follow the safety guidelines listed in Safety instructions.
  2. Follow the procedure listed in Before working inside your system .
  3. Remove the air shroud.
  4. Remove the drive backplane.
  • WARNING: Allow the memory modules to cool after you power off the system. Handle the memory modules by the card edges and avoid touching the components or metallic contacts on the memory module.
  • CAUTION: To ensure proper system cooling, memory module blanks must be installed in any memory socket that is not occupied. Remove memory module blanks only if you intend to install memory modules in those sockets.

Steps

  1. Locate the appropriate memory module socket.
  2. Push the ejectors outward on both ends of the memory module socket to release the memory module from the socket.
  3. Lift and remove the memory module from the system.
    Figure 1. Removing a memory module This figure shows removing a memory module.

Next steps

  1. Install the memory module .
  2. If you are removing the memory module permanently, install a memory module blank. The procedure to install a memory module blank is similar to that of the memory module.

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