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Dell PowerEdge R330 Owner's Manual

Installing 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.

  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. Install the expansion card into the expansion card riser.

Steps

  1. Open the expansion card riser latch.
  2. Align the following:
    1. Guide on the expansion card riser with the guide pin on the system board.
    2. Expansion card riser connector with the connector on the system board.
  3. Lower the expansion card riser until the expansion card riser is firmly seated in the connector on the system board.
  4. Close the expansion card riser latch.
    Figure 1. Installing the expansion card riser
    This figure shows installing the expansion card riser.
    1. expansion card riser
    2. guide on the expansion card riser
    3. guide pin on the system board
    4. riser connector on the system board
    5. slot on the chassis
    6. expansion card latch

Next steps

Follow the procedure listed in the After working inside your system section.


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