Installing A Memory Card - IBM System x3950 E Installation Manual

8. Insert the DIMM into the connector by aligning the edges of the DIMM with the
9. Repeat steps 5 on page 13 through 8 to install the second DIMM of the pair.

Installing a memory card

Your server supports up to four memory cards. Each memory card must have at
least one pair of DIMMs installed before being installed in the server. You can
hot-add one memory card to each of the memory power buses, provided your
operating system supports that function.
At least one memory card with one pair of DIMMs must be installed in the server to
operate correctly.
To install a memory card, complete the following steps:
1. Read the safety information that begins on page v and "Installation guidelines"
2. Make sure that the locking lever on the edge of the memory card is fully open,
3. Press the memory card into the connector and close the locking levers.
If you have other options to install or remove, do so now; otherwise, go to
"Completing the installation" on page 21.
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DIMM
slots at the ends of the DIMM connector. Firmly press one end of the DIMM into
the connector; then, press the other end into the connector. The retaining clips
snap into the locked position when the DIMM is seated in the connector. If there
is a gap between the DIMM and the retaining clips, the DIMM has not been
correctly inserted; open the retaining clips, remove the DIMM, and then reinsert
it.
on page 7.
and insert the memory card into an open memory-card connector on the
microprocessor board.
Retaining
clip