Owners Manual

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 came with the product.

1. Follow the safety guidelines listed in safety instructions section..

2. Keep the Phillips #2 screwdriver ready.

3. Follow the procedure listed in Before working inside your system section.

CAUTION: To prevent damage to the hard drives or SSDs and the hard drive or SSD backplane, you must

remove the hard drives or SSDs from the sled before removing the hard drive or SSD backplane.

CAUTION: You must note the number of each hard drive or SSD and temporarily label them before removal so

that you can replace them in the same locations.

4. Remove the hard drive(s) or SSD(s).

1. Loosen the two retention screws securing the hard drive or SSD backplane to the hard drive or SSD cage.

2. Lift the hard drive or SSD backplane by its edges till the guide pin on the hard drive or SSD cage disengages with the guide

on the hard drive or SSD backplane.

3. Remove the hard drive or SSD cage. See the Removing the hard drive or SSD Cage section.

4. Loosen the two retention screws securing the hard drive or SSD backplane cable connector to the system board connector.

5. Lift the backplane up and away from the system.

Figure 52. Removing the hard drive or SSD backplane

hard drive or SSD backplane 2. hard drive or SSD backplane cable

3. retention screw (2) 4. screw hole on the hard drive or SSD cage (2)

5. guide pin 6. retention screw on the hard drive or SSD backplane cable

connector (2)

7. connector

1. Install the hard drive or SSD backplane, see the Installing the hard drive backplane section.

2. Install the hard drive or SSD.

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

Related references

Safety instructions on page 51

Installing and removing sled components