Removing Expansion Card Risers - Dell DR4300 Owner's Manual

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Removing expansion card risers

Prerequisites
CAUTION: Many repairs may only be done by a certified service technician. You should only
perform troubleshooting and simple repairs as authorized in your product documentation, or as
directed by the online or telephone service and support team. Damage due to servicing that is
not authorized by Dell is not covered by your warranty. Read and follow the safety instructions
that are shipped with your product.
1. Follow the safety guidelines listed in the Safety instructions section.
2. Follow the procedure listed in the Before working inside your system section.
3. If installed, remove any expansion card installed on risers 2 and 3.
NOTE: The expansion card riser 1 can be used only when both the processors are installed.
Steps
1. Holding the slots on the expansion card riser, lift the riser from the riser connector on the system
board.
2. To remove expansion card risers 2 and 3, hold the edges of the expansion card riser, and lift the riser
from the riser connector on the system board.
NOTE: To ensure proper system cooling, the riser 1 blank must be installed in the riser 1 slot.
Remove the riser 1 blank only if you are installing riser 1.
Figure 39. Removing the expansion card riser 1
1. expansion card riser 1 cage
3. riser guide-back (right)
2. expansion card riser 1
4. riser guide-back (left)
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