Installation and Service Manual
Table Of Contents
- Dell EMC PowerEdge T440
- Dell EMC PowerEdge T440 overview
- Documentation resources
- Technical specifications
- Initial system setup and configuration
- Pre-operating system management applications
- Installing and removing system components
- Safety instructions
- Before working inside your system
- After working inside your system
- Optional front bezel
- System feet
- Caster wheels – optional
- System cover
- Air shroud
- Drives
- Removing a drive blank
- Installing a drive blank
- Removing a drive carrier
- Installing a drive carrier
- Removing the drive from the drive carrier
- Installing a drive into the drive carrier
- Removing a 2.5 inch drive from a 3.5 inch drive adapter
- Installing a 2.5 inch drive into a 3.5 inch drive adapter
- Removing a 3.5 inch drive adapter from a 3.5 inch drive carrier
- Installing a 3.5 inch drive adapter into the 3.5 inch drive carrier
- Optical drives and tape drives
- Cabled drives
- Drive backplane
- System memory
- Cooling fans
- Optional internal USB memory key
- Expansion card holder
- Expansion cards
- Optional IDSDM or vFlash card
- Processors and heat sinks
- Power supply units
- Power interposer board
- System battery
- Control panel assembly
- System board
- Trusted Platform Module
- Converting the system from tower mode to rack mode
- Updating BIOS
- Restoring the Service Tag using Easy Restore
- Using system diagnostics
- Jumpers and connectors
- Getting help
Next steps
1 Install the air shroud.
2 Follow the procedure listed in After working inside your system.
3 To verify if the memory module has been installed properly, press F2 and navigate to System Setup Main Menu > System BIOS >
Memory Settings. In the Memory Settings screen, the System Memory Size must reect the updated capacity of the installed
memory.
4 If the value is incorrect, one or more of the memory modules may not be installed properly. Ensure that the memory module is rmly
seated in the memory module socket.
5 Run the system memory test in system diagnostics.
Related link
Installing the air shroud
Cooling fans
The system supports the following:
• An internal cooling fan
• An optional external cooling fan at the back of the chassis
NOTE: When selecting or upgrading your system conguration, verify the system power consumption with the Dell Energy Smart
Solution Advisor at Dell.com/ESSA to ensure optimum power utilization.
Removing the internal cooling fan
Prerequisites
CAUTION
: Many repairs may only be done by a certied 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: Never operate your system with the internal cooling fan removed. The system can overheat and result in shutdown of
the system and loss of data.
CAUTION: Do not operate the system with the cover removed for a duration exceeding 5 minutes.
1 Follow the safety guidelines listed in Safety instructions.
2 Follow the procedure listed in Before working inside your system.
3 Remove the air shroud.
Steps
1 Disconnect the internal cooling fan power cable from the system board.
2 Holding the internal cooling fan, press the release tab, and slide the cooling fan out in the direction of the arrow marked on the fan.
CAUTION
: Do not remove or install the internal cooling fan by holding the fan blades.
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Installing and removing system components