Dell EMC PowerEdge R840 Installation and Service Manual

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Installing a GPU

Prerequisites

  1. Follow the safety guidelines listed in Safety Instructions.
  2. Follow the procedure listed in Before working inside your system.
  3. Remove the GPU air shroud cover.
  4. Remove the expansion card riser.

Steps

  1. Connect the GPU power cable to the connector on the GPU.
  2. Open the expansion card latch and the card holder latch on the riser.
  3. Remove the existing expansion card or filler bracket from the riser.
    NOTE You must install a filler bracket over an empty expansion card slot to maintain Federal Communications Commission (FCC) certification of the system. The brackets also keep dust and dirt out of the system and aid in proper cooling and airflow inside the system.
    NOTE The filler bracket is necessary to maintain proper thermal conditions.
  4. Route the GPU power cable through the slot on the riser bracket.
  5. Holding the card by its edges, position the card so that the card aligns with the expansion card connector.
  6. Insert the card firmly into the expansion card connector until the card is fully seated.
  7. Close the expansion card latch and the card holder latch.
    Figure 1. Installing the GPU card on the riser
    This image shows how to install the GPU card on the riser
  8. Connect the other end of the GPU power cable to the PIB.

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