- Notes, cautions, and warnings
- About the Dell PowerEdge T130 system
- Documentation resources
- Technical specifications
- Initial system setup and configuration
- Pre-operating system management applications
- Navigation keys
- System Setup
- Entering System Setup
- System Setup details
- System BIOS Settings details
- System Information details
- Memory Settings details
- Processor Settings details
- SATA Settings details
- Boot Settings details
- Network Settings screen details
- UEFI iSCSI Settings screen details
- Integrated Devices details
- Serial Communication details
- System Profile Settings details
- System Security Settings details
- Miscellaneous Settings details
- About Boot Manager
- About Dell Lifecycle Controller
- Changing the boot order
- Choosing the system boot mode
- Creating a system or setup password
- Using your system password to secure your system
- Deleting or changing system and setup password
- Operating with a setup password enabled
- Embedded systems management
- iDRAC Settings utility
- Installing and removing system components
- Safety instructions
- Before working inside your system
- After working inside your system
- Recommended tools
- System cover
- Bezel
- Inside the system
- Intrusion switch
- Control panel
- Hard drives
- Removing the hard drive cage
- Installing the hard drive cage
- Removing a hard drive carrier from the hard drive cage
- Installing a hard drive carrier into the hard drive cage
- Removing a hard drive carrier from the hard drive bay
- Installing a hard drive carrier into the hard drive bay
- Removing a hard drive from a hard drive carrier
- Installing a hard drive into a hard drive carrier
- Hard drive cabling diagrams
- Setting the cooling fan speed for 4 TB hard drives
- Optical drive
- System memory
- Cooling fan
- Internal USB memory key (optional)
- Expansion cards
- SD vFlash card (optional)
- iDRAC port card (optional)
- Processors and heat sinks
- Power supply unit
- System battery
- System board
- Trusted Platform Module
- Using system diagnostics
- Jumpers and connectors
- Troubleshooting your system
- Troubleshooting system startup failure
- Troubleshooting external connections
- Troubleshooting the video subsystem
- Troubleshooting a USB device
- Troubleshooting a serial input and output device
- Troubleshooting a NIC
- Troubleshooting a wet system
- Troubleshooting a damaged system
- Troubleshooting the system battery
- Troubleshooting power supply units
- Troubleshooting cooling problems
- Troubleshooting cooling fans
- Troubleshooting system memory
- Troubleshooting an internal USB key
- Troubleshooting a micro SD card
- Troubleshooting an optical drive
- Troubleshooting a drive or SSD
- Troubleshooting a storage controller
- Troubleshooting expansion cards
- Troubleshooting processors
- System messages
- Getting help
Dell PowerEdge T130 Owner's Manual
Removing the system cover
Prerequisites
- Ensure that you follow the Safety instructions.
- Turn off the system and any attached peripherals.
- Disconnect the system from the electrical outlet and disconnect the peripherals.
- Lay the system on its side.
Steps
Lift the cover release latch and remove the
cover away from the system.Figure 1. Removing the
system cover 
- slots
- tabs
- cover release latch
- system cover
Next steps
- Install the system cover.
- Place the system upright on its feet on a flat and stable surface.
- Reconnect the peripherals and connect the system to the electrical outlet.
- Turn the system on, including any attached peripherals.
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