
Removingamemorymodule
Attention:Donotopenyourserverorattemptanyrepairbeforereadingandunderstanding“Safetyinformation”
onpageiiiand“Guidelines”onpage63.
Beforeyoubegin,printalltherelatedinstructionsorensurethatyoucanviewthePDFversiononanother
computerforreference.
Note:Tooptimizesystemperformance,ensurethatyoufollowthememorymoduleinstallationruleswhen
performingtheoperation.See“Memorymoduleinstallationrules”onpage76
.
Toremoveamemorymodule,dothefollowing:
1.Removeallmediafromthedrivesandturnoffallattacheddevicesandtheserver.Then,disconnectall
powercordsfromelectricaloutletsanddisconnectallcablesthatareconnectedtotheserver.
2.Iftheserverisinstalledinarackcabinet,removetheserverfromtherackcabinetandplaceitonaflat,
clean,andstatic-protectivesurface.SeetheRackInstallationInstructionsthatcomeswiththeserver.If
theserverisintowerformfactor,laytheserveronitssideforeasieroperation.
3.Removetheservercover.See“Removingtheservercover”onpage66.
4.Removethecoolingshroud.See“Removingthecoolingshroud”onpage69.
5.Locatethememoryslotsonthesystemboard.See“Systemboardcomponents”onpage41.
6.Removeanypartsanddisconnectanycablesthatmightpreventyouraccesstothememoryslots.
7.Locatethememorymodulethatyouwanttoremoveandopentheretainingclipsonbothendsofthe
memoryslot.Then,graspthememorymodulebyitsedgesandcarefullypullitstraightuptoremoveit
fromthememoryslot.
Figure44.Removingamemorymodule
8.Reinstallanypartsandreconnectanycablesthatyouhaveremoved.
9.Ifyouareinstructedtoreturntheoldmemorymodule,followallpackaginginstructionsanduseany
packagingmaterialsthataresuppliedtoyouforshipping.
Whattodonext:
•Toworkwithanotherpieceofhardware,gototheappropriatesection.
•Tocompletetheremovalprocedure,goto“Completingthepartsreplacement”onpage164
.
Chapter6.Replacinghardware83
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