Owners Manual
Installing and removing system components
You can add or replace hardware components, on your appliance, such as hard disk drives (HDDs), solid state drives (SSDs), and power
supplies. Only Dell EMC certied service technicians should perform these procedures. For certain hardware components, you may need to
contact Customer Support for repair or replacement.
Topics:
• Safety instructions
• Before working inside your system
• After working inside your system
• Recommended tools
• Front bezel (optional)
• System cover
• Inside the system
• Cooling shroud
• System memory
• SATADOM
• Hard drives
• Cooling fans
• Expansion cards and expansion card riser
• iDRAC port card
• Internal SD module
• Power supply units
• System battery
Safety instructions
WARNING
: Whenever you need to lift the system, get others to assist you. To avoid injury, do not attempt to lift the system by
yourself.
WARNING: Opening or removing the system cover while the system is powered on may expose you to a risk of electric shock.
CAUTION: Do not operate the system without the cover for a duration exceeding ve minutes.
CAUTION: Many repairs may only be done by a certied service technician. You should only perform troubleshooting and simple
repairs as authorized in your product documentation, or as directed by the online or telephone service and support team. Damage
due to servicing that is not authorized by Dell EMC is not covered by your warranty. Read and follow the safety instructions that
are shipped with your product.
NOTE: Dell EMC recommends that you always use a static mat and static strap while working on components inside the system.
NOTE: This appliance has been validated for certain hardware congurations. Do not deviate from Xpress specic Dell EMC
qualied components.
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