Server Hardware Owner's Manual
Table Of Contents
- About Your System
- Accessing System Features During Startup
- Front-Panel Features and Indicators
- LCD Panel Features (Optional)
- Hard-Drive Status Indicators
- Back-Panel Features and Indicators
- Guidelines for Connecting External Devices
- NIC Indicator Codes
- Power Indicator Codes
- Diagnostic Lights (Optional)
- LCD Status Messages (Optional)
- System Messages
- Warning Messages
- Diagnostics Messages
- Alert Messages
- Using the System Setup Program and UEFI Boot Manager
- Installing System Components
- Recommended Tools
- Inside the System
- Front Bezel (Optional)
- Opening and Closing the System
- Optical Drive (Optional)
- Hard Drives
- Removing a Drive Blank
- Installing a Drive Blank
- Removing a Hard-Drive Carrier
- Installing a Hard-Drive Carrier
- Removing a Hard Drive From a Hard-Drive Carrier
- Installing a Hard Drive Into a Hard-Drive Carrier
- Removing a Cabled Hard Drive
- Installing a Cabled Hard Drive
- Removing a Hard Drive From a Hard-Drive Bracket
- Installing a Hard Drive Into a Hard-Drive Bracket
- Expansion Card
- Expansion-Card Riser
- Internal USB Memory Key
- Cooling Shroud
- Integrated Storage Controller Card
- System Memory
- Cooling Fans
- iDRAC6 Express Card (Optional)
- iDRAC6 Enterprise Card (Optional)
- VFlash Media (Optional)
- Processor
- Power Supplies
- System Battery
- Control Panel Assembly
- SAS Backplane
- Power Distribution Board
- System Board
- Troubleshooting Your System
- Safety First-For You and Your System
- Troubleshooting System Startup Failure
- Troubleshooting External Connections
- Troubleshooting the Video Subsystem
- Troubleshooting a USB Device
- Troubleshooting a Serial I/O Device
- Troubleshooting a NIC
- Troubleshooting a Wet System
- Troubleshooting a Damaged System
- Troubleshooting the System Battery
- Troubleshooting Power Supply
- Troubleshooting System Cooling Problems
- Troubleshooting a Fan
- Troubleshooting System Memory
- Troubleshooting an Internal USB Key
- Troubleshooting an Optical Drive
- Troubleshooting a Tape Backup Unit
- Troubleshooting a Hard Drive
- Troubleshooting an Expansion Card
- Troubleshooting the Processor
- Running the System Diagnostics
- Jumpers and Connectors
- Getting Help
- Index

Installing System Components 143
Installing the System Board
1
Unpack the new system board.
2
Remove the labels from the processor shield and affix them to the system
identification panel on the front of the system. See Figure 1-1.
3
Holding the system board by its edges, lower it into the chassis.
CAUTION: Do not lift the system board assembly by grasping a memory module,
processor, or other components.
4
Slightly lift up the front of the system board and maneuver the system
board to the bottom of the chassis until it lays completely flat.
5
Push the system board toward the back of the chassis until the board is in
place.
6
Tighten the ten screws that secure the system board to the chassis.
See Figure 3-27.
7
Transfer the processor and the heat sink to the new system board.
See "Removing a Processor" on page 120 and "Installing a Processor" on
page 124.
8
Replace all the memory modules. See "Installing Memory Modules" on
page 109.
9
Connect the cables in the order listed below (see
Figure 6-1
for the
locations of the connectors on the system board):
• SATA interface cable, if applicable
• Control panel interface cable
• Optical drive power cable
• Control panel USB interface cable
• System board power cables
10
Install the expansion card, if any. See "Installing an Expansion Card" on
page 94.
11
Replace the system battery. See "Replacing the System Battery" on
page 130.
1 screws (9) 2 system board assembly
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