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Dell PowerEdge R230 Owner's Manual

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Removing 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. Disconnect any cables connected to the expansion card or expansion card riser.
  4. If installed, remove the expansion card riser.

Steps

  1. Hold the expansion card by its edges and remove it from the expansion card riser connector.
  2. If you are removing the card permanently, install a filler bracket in the empty expansion card slot and close the expansion card latch.

    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. The filler bracket is necessary to maintain proper thermal conditions.

    Figure 1. Removing the expansion card from the expansion card riser
    This figure shows removing the expansion card from the expansion card riser.
    1. touch point (2)
    2. expansion card riser connector
    3. expansion card riser
    4. expansion card
    Figure 2. Removing the expansion card from the expansion card riser
    This figure shows removing the PERC card from 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.
  2. Install the expansion card riser
  3. Follow the procedure listed in the After working inside your system section.

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