Installing A Pcie Riser-Card Assembly - IBM System x3750 M4 Installation And Service Manual

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Installing a PCIe riser-card assembly

This information provides instructions for installing a PCIe riser-card assembly in

About this task

For the location of the PCIe riser-card slot on the system board, see "System-board

internal connectors" on page 28.

To install a PCIe riser-card assembly, complete the following steps:

1. Read the safety information and installation guidelines, see "Safety" on page vii

2. Turn off the server (see "Turning off the server" on page 22) and all attached

3. Remove the top cover (see "Removing the server top cover" on page 38).

4. Remove the riser-card filler.

5. If you are installing adapters into the PCIe riser-card assembly (see "Installing

6. Align the PCIe riser-card assembly with the PCIe riser-card connector on the

and the "Installation guidelines" on page 35.

peripheral devices. Disconnect all power cords; then, disconnect all external

cables from the server.

an adapter" on page 70).

system board and align it with the slot on the chassis; then, lower it into the

server and press down firmly until the riser-card assembly is seated correctly in

the connector on the system board.

PCI riser-card assembly

(full height, half-length)

Chapter 2. Installing optional devices