Owners Manual
Table Of Contents
- Dell Precision Rack 7910 Owner's Manual
- Contents
- Working on your computer
- LCD panel features
- Hard drive indicator codes
- Installing and removing system components
- Safety instructions
- Before working inside your system
- After working inside your system
- Recommended tools
- System Overview
- Front bezel (optional)
- Removing the system cover
- Installing the system cover
- Inside the system
- Cooling shroud
- System memory
- General memory module installation guidelines
- Sample memory configurations
- Removing memory modules
- Installing memory modules
- Hard drives
- Removing a 2.5 inch hard-drive blank
- Installing a 2.5 inch hard-drive blank
- Removing Hard Drive
- Installing Hard Drive
- Removing a hard drive from a hard-drive carrier
- Installing a hard drive into a hard-drive carrier
- Optical drive (optional)
- Cooling fans
- Removing a cooling fan
- Installing a cooling fan
- Removing the cooling-fan assembly
- Installing the cooling-fan assembly
- Internal USB memory key (optional)
- Replacing the internal USB key
- PCIe card holder
- Cable retention bracket
- Expansion cards and expansion card risers
- Expansion card installation guidelines
- Removing an expansion card from expansion-card riser 2 or 3
- Installing an expansion card into the expansion-card riser 2 or 3
- Removing an expansion card from the expansion-card riser 1
- Installing an expansion card into the expansion-card riser 1
- Removing the riser 1 blank
- Installing the riser 1 blank
- Removing expansion-card risers
- Installing expansion-card risers
- GPU card installation guidelines
- Installing a GPU card
- Removing a GPU card
- SD vFlash media card (optional)
- Internal dual SD module (optional)
- Integrated storage controller card
- Network daughter card
- Heat sink and processor
- Power supply units
- Hot spare feature
- Removing the power supply unit blank
- Installing the power supply unit blank
- Removing an AC power supply unit
- Installing an AC power supply unit
- System battery
- Hard-drive backplane
- Removing the hard-drive backplane
- Installing the hard-drive backplane
- Control panel assembly
- System board
- Troubleshooting your system
- Troubleshooting system startup failure
- Troubleshooting external connections
- Troubleshooting the video subsystem
- Troubleshooting a USB device
- Troubleshooting iDRAC Direct (USB XML configuration)
- Troubleshooting iDRAC Direct (laptop connection)
- Troubleshooting a serial I/O device
- Troubleshooting a NIC
- Troubleshooting a wet system
- Troubleshooting a damaged system
- Troubleshooting the system battery
- Troubleshooting power supply units
- Troubleshooting cooling problems
- Troubleshooting cooling fans
- Troubleshooting system memory
- Troubleshooting an internal USB key
- Troubleshooting an SD card
- Troubleshooting an optical drive
- Troubleshooting a hard drive
- Troubleshooting a storage controller
- Troubleshooting expansion cards
- Troubleshooting processors
- Error Messages
- System messages
- Using system diagnostics
- Jumpers and connectors
- Specifications
- System Setup
- Boot Menu
- Timing Key Sequences
- Dell Diagnostics
- About system setup
- Entering System Setup
- System Setup Main Menu
- System BIOS screen
- System Information screen details
- Memory Settings screen details
- Processor Settings screen details
- SATA Settings screen details
- Boot Settings screen details
- Integrated Devices screen details
- Serial Communication screen details
- System Profile Settings screen details
- System Security settings screen details
- Miscellaneous Settings screen details
- NIC indicator codes
- Power indicator codes
- Contacting Dell
Figure 43. Removing and installing the system board
a. release pin
b. system board
c. system-board holder
Next steps
1. Replace the system board.
2. Follow the procedure listed in After working inside your system.
To see a video on how to remove & install the system board, scan this QR code, or click here: http://www.Dell.com/QRL/
Workstation/R7910/MOBO
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