Owners Manual

Removing a memory module
Prerequisites
1. Follow the safety guidelines listed in Safety instructions.
2. Follow the procedures in Before working inside your system.
3. If applicable, remove the air shroud.
WARNING: Allow the memory modules to cool after you power off the system. Handle the memory modules by
the card edges and avoid touching the components or metallic contacts on the memory module.
CAUTION: To ensure proper system cooling, memory module blanks must be installed in any memory socket that
is not occupied. Remove memory module blanks only if you intend to install memory modules in those sockets.
Steps
1. Locate the appropriate memory module socket.
CAUTION: Handle each memory module only by the card edges, ensuring not to touch the middle of the
memory module or metallic contacts.
2. Push the ejectors outward on both ends of the memory module socket to release the memory module from the socket.
3. Lift and remove the memory module from the system.
Figure 29. Removing a memory module
Next steps
1. Install the memory module.
2. If you are removing the memory module permanently, install a memory module blank. The procedure to install a memory
module blank is similar to that of the memory module.
Installing a memory module
Prerequisites
Follow the safety guidelines listed in Safety instructions.
CAUTION:
To ensure proper system cooling in configurations with mid drive tray, memory module blanks must
be installed in any memory socket that is not occupied. Remove memory module blanks only if you intend to
install memory modules in those sockets.
NOTE: You must follow the thermal restriction while using DIMM blank. For information about thermal restriction, see the
Thermal restrictions section.
Steps
1. Locate the appropriate memory module socket.
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