Owners Manual

Installing a GPU card
1. Ensure that you read the Safety instructions.
2. Follow the procedure listed in Before working inside your system.
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.
1. Unpack the GPU cards.
2. Close the expansion-card locking tab on the cooling shroud and riser.
3. Lift the expansion-card latch.
4. Remove the filler brackets for the single- or double-wide GPU cards.
5. Align the GPU card connector with the slot on the riser.
6. Insert the GPU card into the riser slot until it is fully seated.
7. Locate the GPU power connectors on the cable and plug them to the 6-pin and 8-pin connectors on the GPU card if required (not all
GPU cards require external power connectors).
NOTE:
Ensure the GPU card is installed correctly into the GPU card lock.
8. Press down on the GPU card lock to secure the card in position.
9. Ensure the GPU card is seated into the PCIe card holder latch.
10. Press the touch point to open the PCIe card holder latch and/or the expansion-card locking tabs.
11. Connect the GPU power cable to the riser.
12. Close the expansion-card latch/latches.
Follow the procedure listed in After working inside your system.
Removing a GPU card
1. Ensure that you read the Safety instructions.
2. Follow the procedure listed in Before working inside your system.
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.
1. Lift the expansion-card latch.
2. Close the expansion-card locking tabs on the cooling shroud and the risers.
3. Hold the GPU card by its edges and slide out the GPU card at an angle to release it from the connector on the riser card.
4. Disconnect the cable from the GPU card.
5. If you are removing the card permanently, install a metal filler bracket over the empty slot opening and close the expansion-card
locking tabs.
NOTE:
You must install a filler bracket over an empty expansion card slot to maintain Federal Communications
Commission (FCC) certification of the system. The brackets also keep dust and dirt out of the system and aid in
proper cooling and airflow inside the system.
50 Installing and removing system components