Dell DSS 1500 Owner's Manual page 48

5. If installed, remove the expansion card riser.
WARNING: The memory modules are hot to touch for some time after the system has been
powered down. Allow the memory modules to cool before handling them. Handle the memory
modules by the card edges and avoid touching the components or metallic contacts on the
memory module.
CAUTION: To ensure proper system cooling, memory module blanks must be installed in any
memory socket that is not occupied. Remove memory module blanks only if you intend to install
memory modules in those sockets.
Steps
1. Locate the appropriate memory module socket.
CAUTION: Handle each memory module only by the card edges, making sure not to touch
the middle of the memory module or metallic contacts.
2. To release the memory module from the socket, simultaneously press the ejectors on both ends of
the memory module socket.
3. Lift the memory module out of the system.
Figure 14. Removing and installing a memory module
1. memory module
3. memory module socket ejector (2)
Next steps
1. If you are removing the memory module permanently, install a memory module blank.
2. If removed, install the PCIe expansion-card riser.
3. If disconnected, reconnect the cables to the expansion card(s).
4. Reinstall the cooling shroud.
5. If closed, open the expansion card latch on the cooling shroud to support the full length expansion
card.
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2. memory module socket