Removing The Simple-Swap Sata Drive And Backplate Assembly - IBM x3690 X5 Service Manual

8. Install the cover (see "Replacing the server top cover" on page 265).
9. Slide the server into the rack.
10. Reconnect the power cords and any cables that you removed.
11. Turn on the peripheral devices and the server.

Removing the simple-swap SATA drive and backplate assembly

To remove the simple-swap SATA drive backplate assembly, complete the
following steps:
1. Read the safety information and installation guidelines, see "Safety" on page vii
and "Installation guidelines" on page 261.
2. Turn off the server (see "Turning off the server" on page 17) and all attached
peripheral devices. Disconnect all power cords; then, disconnect all external
cables as necessary to replace the device.
3. Remove the server cover (see "Removing the server top cover" on page 264).
4. Pull the drive and filler panels out of the server slightly to disengage them
from the drive backplate.
5. Remove the fan cage assembly (see "Removing the fan cage assembly" on page
331).
6. Disconnect the backplate cable from the CD/DVD drive connector on the
system board.
7. Lift the backplate assembly up slightly and pull it out of the retention latch on
top of the drive backplane cage; then, rotate it backward out of the tabs at the
bottom of the backplane cage and remove the assembly from the server.
Power/signal
cable
8. If you are instructed to return the drive backplate assembly, follow all
packaging instructions, and use any packaging materials for shipping that are
supplied to you.
Simple-swap
backplate
Retention
latch
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