Installing a drive blank................................................................................................................................................ 40
Removing a drive carrier.............................................................................................................................................41
Installing a drive carrier.............................................................................................................................................. 42
Optical drives and tape drives........................................................................................................................................48
Cabled drives......................................................................................................................................................................52
Removing a cabled drive............................................................................................................................................54
Installing a cabled drive..............................................................................................................................................55
Drive backplane................................................................................................................................................................. 56
Drive backplane guidelines........................................................................................................................................ 56
Backplane cable routing.............................................................................................................................................59
Removing a hard drive backplane............................................................................................................................ 61
System memory................................................................................................................................................................. 63
System memory guidelines .......................................................................................................................................63
Mode-specific guidelines........................................................................................................................................... 65
Removing a memory module.....................................................................................................................................68
Installing a memory module.......................................................................................................................................69
Cooling fans........................................................................................................................................................................ 70
Optional internal USB memory key............................................................................................................................... 72
Expansion card holder...................................................................................................................................................... 73
Expansion cards................................................................................................................................................................. 74
GPU card installation guidelines...............................................................................................................................75
Removing a expansion card...................................................................................................................................... 76
Installing an expansion card.......................................................................................................................................77
M.2 SSD module................................................................................................................................................................ 78
Removing the M.2 SSD module............................................................................................................................... 78
Installing the M.2 SSD module................................................................................................................................. 79
Optional MicroSD or vFlash card.................................................................................................................................. 80
Removing the MicroSD card.....................................................................................................................................80
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