Removing the front bezel..........................................................................................................................................34
Installing the front bezel............................................................................................................................................35
Opening the system...................................................................................................................................................35
Closing the system.................................................................................................................................................... 36
Inside the system............................................................................................................................................................. 36
Cooling shroud..................................................................................................................................................................38
Removing the cooling shroud...................................................................................................................................38
Installing the cooling shroud..................................................................................................................................... 39
General Memory Module Installation Guidelines..................................................................................................... 41
Mode-specific guidelines...........................................................................................................................................42
Sample memory configurations................................................................................................................................43
Removing memory modules..................................................................................................................................... 46
Installing Memory Modules....................................................................................................................................... 47
Removing a 2.5 inch hard drive blank......................................................................................................................49
Installing A 2.5 Inch Hard-Drive Blank..................................................................................................................... 49
Removing a hot-swap hard drive............................................................................................................................. 49
Installing a hot swappable hard drive or solid state drive......................................................................................50
Removing a hard drive from a hard-drive carrier....................................................................................................51
Installing a hard drive or solid state drives into a hard drive carrier.....................................................................52
Removing the optical drive....................................................................................................................................... 52
Installing the optical drive......................................................................................................................................... 53
Removing a cooling fan.............................................................................................................................................54
Installing a cooling fan............................................................................................................................................... 55
Expansion card installation guidelines......................................................................................................................56
Removing an expansion card.................................................................................................................................... 57
Installing an expansion card...................................................................................................................................... 58
Removing expansion-card risers.............................................................................................................................. 59
Installing expansion-card risers................................................................................................................................. 61
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