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Installingamemorymodule

Attention:Donotopenyourserverorattemptanyrepairbeforereadingandunderstandingthe“Safetyinformation”

onpageiiiand“Guidelines”onpage83.

Thistopicprovidesinstructionsonhowtoinstallamemorymodule.

Beforeyoubegin,printalltherelatedinstructionsorensurethatyoucanviewthePDFversiononanother

computerforreference.

Notes:

1.Tooptimizesystemperformance,makesurethatyouconsiderandfollowthememorymodule

installationruleswhenperformingtheoperation.See“Memorymoduleinstallationrules”onpage90.

2.Useanydocumentationthatcomeswiththememorymoduleandfollowthoseinstructionsinadditionto

theinstructionsinthistopic.

Toinstallamemorymodule,dothefollowing:

1.Removeallmediafromthedrivesandturnoffallattacheddevicesandtheserver.Then,disconnectall

powercordsfromelectricaloutletsanddisconnectallcablesthatareconnectedtotheserver.

2.Removetheservercover.See“Removingtheservercover”onpage85.

3.Laytheserveronitssideforeasieroperation.

4.Locatethememoryslotsonthesystemboard.See“Systemboardcomponents”onpage42.

5.Removeanypartsordisconnectanycablesthatmightpreventyouraccesstothememoryslots.

6.Opentheretainingclipsoftheappropriatememoryslot.See“Memorymoduleinstallationrules”on

page90fortheinstallationsequenceinformation.

Figure37.Openingtheretainingclipsofthememoryslots

7.Touchthestatic-protectivepackagethatcontainsthenewmemorymoduletoanyunpaintedsurfaceon

theoutsideoftheserver.Then,takethenewmemorymoduleoutofthepackage.

Note:Carefullyhandlethememorymodulebyitsedges.

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