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Dell PowerEdge R230 Owner's Manual

Installing an expansion card

Prerequisites

  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. Remove the expansion card riser.

Steps

  1. Locate the expansion card connector on the riser.
  2. Holding the expansion card by its edges, position the card so that the card connector aligns with the connector on the expansion card riser.
  3. Align the expansion card bracket with the hooks on the chassis.
  4. Insert the card connector into the expansion card riser connector until the card is firmly seated.

    NOTE: : Ensure that the expansion card is properly seated along the chassis, so that expansion card latch can be closed.

  5. If required, connect the cables to the expansion card.
    Figure 1. Installing the expansion card in the expansion card riser
    This figure shows installing the expansion card in the expansion card riser.
    1. touch point (2)
    2. expansion card riser connector
    3. expansion card riser
    4. expansion card
    Figure 2. Installing the expansion card in the expansion card riser
    This figure shows installing the PERC card in the expansion card riser.
    1. PERC card
    2. expansion card connector on the riser
    3. touch point (2)
    4. expansion card riser
    5. LED connector on the system board
    6. LED cable
    7. LED connector on the PERC card

Next steps

  1. Install the expansion card riser.
  2. Follow the procedure listed in the After working inside your system section.

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