Removing A Memory Module; Installing A Memory Module - Dell EMC PowerEdge R440 Installation And Service Manual

Removing a memory module

Prerequisites
1 Follow the safety guidelines listed in
2 Follow the procedure listed in
3 If applicable, remove the air shroud.
WARNING: Allow the memory modules to cool after you power off the system. Handle the memory modules by the card edges
and avoid touching the components or metallic contacts on the memory module.
Steps
1 Locate the appropriate memory module socket.
CAUTION: Handle each memory module only by the card edges, ensuring not to touch the middle of the memory
module or metallic contacts.
2 Push the ejectors outward on both ends of the memory module socket to release the memory module from the socket.
3 Lift and remove the memory module from the system.
Figure 49. Removing a memory module
Next step
1 Install the memory module.

Installing a memory module

Prerequisite
Follow the safety guidelines listed in
Steps
1 Locate the appropriate memory module socket.
CAUTION: Handle each memory module only by the card edges, ensuring not to touch the middle of the memory
module or metallic contacts.
CAUTION: To prevent damage to the memory module or the memory module socket during installation, do not bend or
flex the memory module. You must insert both ends of the memory module simultaneously.
2 Open the ejectors on the memory module socket outward to allow the memory module to be inserted into the socket.
3 Align the edge connector of the memory module with the alignment key of the memory module socket, and insert the memory module
in the socket.
Safety instructions.
Before working inside your
Safety instructions.
system.
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