Cooling fans
Removing the cooling fan
Prerequisites
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Follow the safety guidelines listed in
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Power off the system and all attached peripherals.
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Disconnect the system from the electrical outlet, and disconnect the peripherals.
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Remove the
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Remove the system from the rack and place it on an ESD work bench. For more information, see the Rail Installation Guide available at
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Remove the internal PERC riser
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Move the cables out of the way to access the cooling fan cable connector on the system board.
Steps
1
Press the tabs on the fan cable connector and disconnect the cable from the system board.
2
Remove the cable from the cable retention tabs.
3
Press the blue release tab and lift the cooling fan from the cooling fan cage.
NOTE:
If removing cooling fan 1, remove the fan cable connector from the power interposer board (PIB).
Installing and removing system components
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