Owner`s manual

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Removing the SAS (Serial attached SCSI)
Backplane
1. Follow the procedures in
Before Working Inside Your Computer
.
2. Remove:
front bezel
cover
cooling shroud
optical drive
hard-drive carrier
hard-drive assembly
3. Disconnect all the SAS cables by pressing on their respective release tabs.
4. Push the blue release tabs in the direction of the arrows towards the hard-drive assembly to release the SAS
backplane from the system board.
a) Lift and remove the SAS backplane from the computer.
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