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Dell EMC PowerEdge MX740c 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 sled.
  3. Remove the air shroud.
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.
NOTE You must follow the thermal restriction while using DIMM blank. For information about thermal restriction, see Thermal restrictions in Technical specification guide.

Steps

  1. Locate the appropriate memory module socket.
    WARNING Handle each memory module only by the card edges, ensuring not to touch the middle of the memory module or metallic contacts.
  2. Push the ejectors outward on both ends of the memory module socket to release the memory module from the socket.
  3. Lift the memory module from the system.
    Figure 1. Removing a memory module
    This image shows how to remove 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.
NOTE When operating your system with single processor, install DIMM blanks in CPU2 memory sockets.

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