Owners Manual

6. While booting, press F2 to enter the System Setup and ensure that the battery is operating properly.
7. Enter the correct time and date in the System Setup Time and Date fields.
8. Exit the System Setup.
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Safety instructions
Before working inside your system
After working inside your system
System board connectors
Removing the expansion card riser
Installing the cooling shroud
Removing the cooling shroud
Removing an expansion card
Installing an expansion card
Installing the expansion card riser
System Setup
Hard drive backplane
Depending on the configuration, your system supports one of the following:
Dell DSS 1500
supports
Four 3.5-inch or 2.5-inch SAS/SATA backplane
Eight 2.5-inch SAS/SATA backplane
Removing the hard drive backplane
Prerequisites
CAUTION: Many repairs may only be done by a certified service technician. You should only
perform troubleshooting and simple repairs as authorized in your product documentation, or as
directed by the online or 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 are shipped with your product.
CAUTION: To prevent damage to the drives and backplane, you must remove the hard drives
from the system before removing the backplane.
CAUTION: You must note the number of each hard drive and temporarily label them before
removal so that you can replace them in the same locations.
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 all hard drives.
Steps
1. Disconnect the SAS/SATA data, signal, and power cable(s) from the backplane.
2. Press the release tabs, lift the backplane upward, and then slide it toward the back of the chassis.
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