Installing A Gpu - Dell PowerEdge R740xd Installation And Service Manual

Figure 97. Removing GPU 2 and 3
4 Disconnect the GPU power cable from the GPU and system board.
5 If you are removing the GPU permanently, install a filler bracket over the empty slot opening, and close the expansion card latch.
NOTE: You must install a filler bracket over an empty expansion card slot to maintain Federal Communications
Commission (FCC) certification of the system. The brackets also keep dust and dirt out of the system and aid in proper
cooling and airflow inside the system. The filler bracket is necessary to maintain proper thermal conditions.
Next step
Install a GPU.

Installing a GPU

Prerequisites
1 Follow the safety guidelines listed in
2 Remove the air shroud.
3 Remove the heat sink.
4 Remove the cooling fans
5 Unpack the GPU cards and the GPU kit.
6 Install the heat sink from the kit.
7 Install the risers.
8 Install the GPU air shroud on the system.
Safety instructions..
and replace them with Install the cooling fans.
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