Owners Manual

Before working inside your system on page 52
After working inside your system on page 53
Installing the mezzanine card
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 came with the product.
NOTE: You must remove the mezzanine card to replace a faulty mezzanine card or service other components inside the
system.
1. Follow the safety guidelines listed in safety instructions section.
2. Remove the mezzanine card.
Steps
1. Open the retention latch by pressing the ridged area on the retention latch with your thumb and lifting the end of the latch.
2. If present, remove the connector cover from the mezzanine card bay.
CAUTION: To prevent damage to the mezzanine card, you must hold the card only by its edges.
3. Rotate the card to align the connector on the bottom of the mezzanine card with the corresponding socket on the system
board.
4. Lower the card into place until it is fully seated and the plastic clip on the outer edge of the card engages over the side of
the blade chassis.
5. Close the retention latch to secure the mezzanine card.
Figure 20. Installing the mezzanine card
a. mezzanine card (2)
b. connector (2)
c. ridge area on the retention latch
Next steps
Follow the procedure listed in the After working inside your system section.
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