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Dell PowerEdge C4130 Owner's Manual

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Installing expansion cards

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.

  1. Follow the safety guidelines listed in the Safety instructions section.
  2. Follow the procedure listed in before working inside your system.
  3. Remove the PCIe shroud.

    CAUTION: The expansion card riser cables must be disconnected from the system board or NVLink board before removing the expansion card riser cage, to prevent pin damage in the PCIe connectors.

  4. Remove the expansion card riser cables.
  5. Remove the expansion card riser cage.

Steps

  1. Locate the expansion card connector on the expansion card riser.
  2. Open the expansion card clip.
  3. If an expansion card blank is installed, open the expansion card clip and slide the expansion card blank out of the expansion card riser cage.
    Figure 1. Removing expansion card blank
    This figure shows removing and installing an expansion card blank.
    1. Expansion card riser cage
    2. Expansion card clip
    3. Expansion card blank
  4. Pull the expansion card latch to open it.
  5. Hold the expansion card by its edges and align the expansion card with the expansion card connector on the expansion card riser cage.
  6. Insert the expansion card into the expansion card connector until the expansion card is fully seated.
  7. Close the expansion card latch.
  8. Close the expansion card clip.

Next steps

Figure 2. Installing an expansion card
This figure shows installing an expansion card.
  1. expansion card riser cage
  2. expansion card latch
  3. expansion card clip
  4. expansion card (low-profile, half-length card)
  5. expansion card connector

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. Connect the cables to the expansion card and the system board.
  2. Install the expansion card riser.
  3. Install the PCIe shroud.
  4. Follow the procedure listed in the After working inside your system section.

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