Safety instructions................................................................................................................................................................ 5
Before working inside your computer................................................................................................................................. 5
Electrostatic discharge—ESD protection.......................................................................................................................... 6
ESD field service kit ..............................................................................................................................................................6
Transporting sensitive components.................................................................................................................................... 7
After working inside your computer.................................................................................................................................... 7
Recommended tools..............................................................................................................................................................8
Screw list................................................................................................................................................................................ 8
Major components of G5 5000........................................................................................................................................... 9
Disassembly and reassembly...............................................................................................................................................10
Left-side cover............................................................................................................................................................... 10
Front cover...................................................................................................................................................................... 11
3.5-inch hard drive......................................................................................................................................................... 13
LED daughter board.......................................................................................................................................................16
Chassis fan...................................................................................................................................................................... 17
Memory module............................................................................................................................................................. 20
Wireless card.................................................................................................................................................................. 22
Solid-state drive/Intel Optane..................................................................................................................................... 24
Coin-cell battery.............................................................................................................................................................27
Graphics card................................................................................................................................................................. 28
Power button................................................................................................................................................................. 30
Processor fan and heat-sink assembly....................................................................................................................... 32
Voltage regulator heat sink...........................................................................................................................................34
Processor........................................................................................................................................................................36
Power-supply unit..........................................................................................................................................................39
System board................................................................................................................................................................. 42
BIOS overview..................................................................................................................................................................... 52
Entering BIOS setup program............................................................................................................................................52
Navigation keys....................................................................................................................................................................52
One time boot menu........................................................................................................................................................... 52
System setup options......................................................................................................................................................... 53
System and setup password..............................................................................................................................................58
Assigning a system setup password........................................................................................................................... 58
Deleting or changing an existing system setup password........................................................................................58
Real Time Clock (RTC) reset....................................................................................................................................... 59
Clearing BIOS (System Setup) and System passwords...........................................................................................59
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