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Step 1. Read the safety information that begins on "Safety" on page v and "Installation guidelines"
on page 31.
Step 2. Turn off the server and peripheral devices and disconnect the power cords and all external cables.
Step 3. Remove the cover (see "Removing the cover" on page 189).
Step 4. Grasp both ends or the handle of the PCI riser-card assembly and lift it out of the PCI riser-card
slot on the system board.
Figure 141. PCI riser-card assembly removal
Step 5. If an adapter is installed in the PCI riser-card assembly, disconnect any cables that are connected
to the adapter.
Step 6. Remove the adapter, if one is present, from the PCI riser-card assembly (see "Removing an
adapter" on page 225).
Step 7. Set the adapter and the PCI riser-card assembly aside.
If you are instructed to return the PCI riser-card assembly, follow all packaging instructions, and use any
packaging materials for shipping that are supplied to you.
Replacing a PCI riser-card assembly
Use this information to replace a PCI riser-card assembly.
Note: PCI riser-card brackets must be installed even if you do not install an adapter.
To install a PCI riser-card assembly, complete the following steps:
Step 1. Read the safety information that begins on "Safety" on page v and "Installation guidelines"
on page 31.
Step 2. Turn off the server and peripheral devices and disconnect all power cords.
Step 3. Remove the cover (see "Removing the cover" on page 189).
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