Personal Computer User Manual
Table Of Contents
- Hardware Owner’s Manual
- Contents
- About Your System
- Using the System Setup Program
- Installing System Components
- Recommended Tools
- Inside the System
- Removing and Replacing the Optional Front Bezel
- Opening and Closing the System
- Cooling Fans
- Cooling Shrouds
- Power Supplies
- Expansion Cards
- RAC Card
- System Memory
- Processors
- Processor VRMs
- Installing a Diskette Drive
- Installing an Optical Drive
- Hard Drives
- SAS Controller Cards
- Connecting an External SAS Tape Drive
- Connecting an External Fibre Channel Storage Device
- System Battery
- Control Panel Assembly (Service-Only Procedure)
- Fan Interposer Board (Service-Only Procedure)
- Power Distribution Board (Service-Only Procedure)
- Chassis Intrusion Switch (Service-Only Procedure)
- SAS Backplane (Service-Only Procedure)
- System Board (Service-Only Procedure)
- Troubleshooting Your System
- Safety First-For You and Your System
- Start-Up Routine
- Checking Basic Power Problems
- Checking the Equipment
- Troubleshooting Serial I/O Problems
- Troubleshooting a NIC
- Troubleshooting a Wet System
- Troubleshooting a Damaged System
- Troubleshooting the System Battery
- Troubleshooting Power Supplies
- Troubleshooting System Cooling Problems
- Troubleshooting System Memory
- Troubleshooting a Diskette Drive
- Troubleshooting an Optical Drive
- Troubleshooting a Hard Drive
- Troubleshooting a SAS Controller or SAS RAID Controller
- Troubleshooting an External SAS Tape Drive
- Troubleshooting Expansion Cards
- Troubleshooting the Microprocessors
- Running the System Diagnostics
- Jumpers and Connectors
- Getting Help
- Glossary
- Index

90 Installing System Components
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Disconnect the SAS, interface, and power cables from the back of the SAS backplane.
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Remove all expansion cards and the controller card. See "Removing an Expansion Card" on page 55.
7
If present, disconnect and remove the RAC card.
8
If present, remove the VRMs for processors 3 and 4. See "Removing a VRM" on page 67.
9
Place the two slide switches on each side of the chassis in the unlocked position to release the chassis
crossbar, then lift up the crossbar and remove it. See Figure 3-27.
Figure 3-27. Removing and Installing the Chassis Crossbar
10
Disconnect all data interface cables, the chassis intrusion switch cable, and the RAID battery cable (if
applicable) from the system board.
11
Disconnect the power distribution cable harness from the system board.
The power distribution cable harness and the side of the chassis have Velcro pads to hold the cable
harness in place while you remove the system board. Bend the cable harness straight up and secure it to
the side of the chassis. See Figure 3-28.
1 locked position 2 unlocked position 3 crossbar
4 guides (2) 5 slots (2) 6 slide switches (2)
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