Owners Manual

Figure 70. Installing the system battery
a. positive side of the battery connector
b. battery connector
Next steps
1. Install the expansion card riser.
2. Follow the procedure listed in the After working in your system section.
3. While booting, press F2 to enter System Setup and ensure that the battery is operating properly.
4. Enter the correct time and date in the System Setup Time and Date fields.
5. Exit System Setup.
Related tasks
Removing the expansion card riser
Installing the expansion card riser
Hard drive backplane
Systems with four 3.5-inch hot swappable SAS or SATA hard drives support a hard drive 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. Ensure that you follow the Safety instructions.
2. Follow the procedure listed in Before working inside your system.
3. Remove all the hard drives.
4. Disconnect the SAS/SATA data, signal, and power cable(s) from the backplane.
Steps
Press the release tabs and lift the hard drive backplane out of the chassis.
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Installing and removing system components