Owners Manual

Installing and removing system components

Topics:

• Safety instructions

• Before working inside your system

• After working inside your system

• Recommended tools

• System cover

• Inside the system

• Cooling fans

• Hard drives

• SSD and SSD holder

• SATADOM

• Power supply units

• System board tray

• System board assembly

• Cooling shroud

• Heat sinks

• Processors

• Expansion card assembly and expansion card

• PCI-E slot priority

• PERC cards

• Riser card

• Optional mezzanine cards

• Mezzanine card bridge board

• System memory

• System battery

• System board

• Trusted Platform Module

• Power distribution boards

• Midplanes

• Hard drive backplanes

• 2.5-inch hard drive expander configuration

• Control panel

• Sensor board

Safety instructions

NOTE:

Whenever you need to lift the system, get others to assist you. To avoid injury, do not attempt to lift the system by

yourself.

WARNING: Opening or removing the system cover while the system is powered on may expose you to a risk of

electric shock.

CAUTION: Do not operate the system without the cover for a duration exceeding five minutes.

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.

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