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Upgrading Your System 4-29
Removing an Option Board
Note:
Expansion slot covers must be installed on all
vacant slots to maintain the electromagnetic emissions
characteristics of the system and to assure proper cooling of
the system components.
1.
Observe the safety and ESD precautions listed at the beginning of this
chapter.
2.
Power off the system. Ensure the power cords are unplugged from the AC
wall outlet.
3.
Remove the option board cover. See
Removing the Option Board Cover
earlier in this chapter.
4.
Unplug any cables attached to the option board you are removing.
5.
Determine the option board slot cover that corresponds to the desired
expansion slot, swing open the hinge bracket and remove the expansion slot
screw, see Figure 4-16.
6.
Hold the board at each end, and carefully rock it back and forth until the
edge connectors pull free. Make sure that you do not scrape the board
against other components.
7.
Remove the board from the expansion slot and place it in an antistatic
wrapper.
8.
If you are replacing a board, go to previous subsection
Installing an Option
Board
, otherwise continue.
9.
Install an expansion slot cover over the empty slot using the previously
removed screw and close the hinge bracket, see Figure 4-19.
10.
Install a connector cap over the vacant expansion slot.
11.
Reinstall the option board cover removed in step 3 above. See
Installing the
Option Board Cover
earlier in this chapter.
12.
Plug in the power cords and power up the system.
13.
Run the BIOS Setup.
Summary of Contents for EXPRESS5800/120Md Series
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Page 58: ...2 16 Setting Up the System Figure 2 10 Connecting the AC Power Cord to the Server ...
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Page 92: ...3 28 Configuring Your System ...
Page 165: ...A Technical Specifications Server Unit ...
Page 168: ...A 4 Technical Specifications ...
Page 174: ...B 6 Interrupt Request PCI IRQ Device I O Port Address Assignments ...
Page 185: ...D ROMPilot BIOS Error Codes ROMPilot BIOS Error Codes ...
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