Owners Manual

Installing a 2.5-inch (x4) SAS hard-drive or SSD backplane...................................................... 125
Removing a 2.5-inch (x4) SATA hard-drive or SSD backplane..................................................126
Installing a 2.5-inch (x4) SATA hard-drive or SSD backplane....................................................128
Removing a 2.5-inch (x2) SATA hard drive or SSD plus 2.5-inch (x2) PCIe SSD backplane.....130
Installing a 2.5-inch (x2) SATA hard drive or SSD plus 2.5-inch (x2) PCIe SSD backplane.......132
Removing a 1.8-inch (x12) SAS SSD backplane..........................................................................134
Installing a 1.8-inch (x12) SAS SSD backplane............................................................................136
System battery...................................................................................................................................138
Replacing the NVRAM backup battery....................................................................................... 138
Storage controller card.....................................................................................................................140
Removing the storage controller card....................................................................................... 140
Installing the storage controller card......................................................................................... 142
Expander card................................................................................................................................... 144
Removing an expander card.......................................................................................................144
Installing an expander card.........................................................................................................146
System board.....................................................................................................................................148
Removing the system board.......................................................................................................148
Installing the system board..........................................................................................................151
Restoring the Service Tag by using the Easy Restore feature................................................... 154
Entering the system Service Tag by using System Setup.......................................................... 154
Trusted Platform Module.................................................................................................................. 155
Installing the Trusted Platform Module...................................................................................... 155
Initializing the TPM for BitLocker users...................................................................................... 156
Initializing the TPM for TXT users............................................................................................... 156
7 Using system diagnostics................................................................................ 157
Dell Embedded System Diagnostics.................................................................................................157
When to use the Embedded System Diagnostics...................................................................... 157
Running the Embedded System Diagnostics............................................................................. 157
System diagnostics controls....................................................................................................... 158
8 Jumpers and connectors................................................................................ 159
System board jumper settings.......................................................................................................... 159
System board connectors................................................................................................................ 160
Disabling a forgotten password........................................................................................................ 161
9 Troubleshooting your system........................................................................ 163
Safety first—for you and your system...............................................................................................163
Troubleshooting system memory.................................................................................................... 163
Troubleshooting hard drives.............................................................................................................164
Troubleshooting Solid State Drives.................................................................................................. 164
Troubleshooting USB devices...........................................................................................................165
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