Installation and Service Manual
Table Of Contents
- Dell EMC PowerEdge R250 Installation and Service Manual
- Contents
- About this document
- PowerEdge R250 system overview
- Initial system setup and configuration
- Minimum to POST and system management configuration validation
- Installing and removing system components
- Safety instructions
- Before working inside your system
- After working inside your system
- Recommended tools
- Optional front bezel
- System cover
- Optional optical drive
- Air shroud
- Cooling fans
- Intrusion switch
- Drive backplane
- Drives
- Cable routing
- System memory
- Processor and heat sink
- Expansion cards and expansion card risers
- Optional IDSDM module
- MicroSD card
- Optional BOSS S1 card
- PERC
- System battery
- Optional internal USB card
- Power supply unit
- System board
- Trusted Platform Module
- Control panel
- Jumpers and connectors
- System diagnostics and indicator codes
- Getting help
- Documentation resources
2. Follow the procedure listed in the Before working inside your system.
3. If installing a new expansion card, unpack it and prepare the card for installation.
NOTE: For instructions, see the documentation accompanying the card.
Steps
1. Remove the filler bracket.
NOTE: Store the filler bracket for future use. Filler brackets must be installed in empty expansion card slots 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.
Figure 55. Removing the filler bracket
2. Hold the card by the edges, and align the card edge connector with the expansion card connector on the riser.
3. Insert the card edge connector firmly into the expansion card connector until the card is fully seated.
Figure 56. Installing the expansion card
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Installing and removing system components