Owners Manual
Removing a memory module
Prerequisites
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.
WARNING: Allow the memory modules to cool after you power o 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.
CAUTION: To ensure proper system cooling in congurations 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.
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 17. 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
Prerequisite
Follow the safety guidelines listed in Safety instructions.
Steps
1 Locate the appropriate memory module socket.
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Installing and removing system components