User's Manual
Table Of Contents
- Contents
- About Your System
- Using the System Setup Program
- Installing System Components
- Recommended Tools
- Inside the System
- Opening and Closing the System
- Cooling Shroud
- System Battery
- Optical Drive
- Configuring the Boot Drive
- Hard Drives
- Installing a SAS Controller Card
- Fan Assembly
- Optional PCI Fan Assembly
- Power Supply
- Expansion Cards
- Riser Card
- System Memory
- Processor
- Control Panel Assembly (Service-Only Procedure)
- System Board (Service-Only Procedure)
- Troubleshooting Your System
- Safety First-For You and Your System
- Start-Up Routine
- Checking the Equipment
- Responding to a Systems Management Software Alert Message
- Troubleshooting a Wet System
- Troubleshooting a Damaged System
- Troubleshooting the System Battery
- Troubleshooting the Power Supply
- Troubleshooting System Cooling Problems
- Troubleshooting System Memory
- Troubleshooting an Optical Drive
- Troubleshooting a Hard Drive
- Troubleshooting Expansion Cards
- Troubleshooting the Microprocessor
- Running the System Diagnostics
- Jumpers and Connectors
- Getting Help
- Glossary
- Index
Installing System Components 79
5
Grip the edges of the expansion card with the fingers of both hands and
carefully work the card out of the expansion-card connector.
6
If you are permanently removing the card, replace the metal filler bracket
over the empty card-slot opening.
NOTE: Filler brackets must be installed over empty expansion-card slots to
maintain 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.
7
Replace the expansion-card retainer.
8
Close the system. See "Closing the System" on page 55.
Riser Card
The riser card provides two expansion-card slots. See "Expansion Cards" on
page 75 for detailed information on the expansion-card slots.
Removing the Riser Card
CAUTION: Only trained service technicians are authorized to remove the system
cover and access any of the components inside the system. Before performing any
procedure, see your Product Information Guide for complete information about
safety precautions, working inside the computer and protecting against
electrostatic discharge.
1
Open the system. See "Opening the System" on page 54.
2
Remove any expansion card(s). See "Removing an Expansion Card" on
page 78.
3
Using a #2 Phillips screwdriver, remove the two screws that secure the riser
card to the chassis. See Figure 3-16.
4
Lift the riser card straight up and remove the riser card from the system.
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