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c. Push the cable plate forward to its service position (
4. Label all I/O cables.
5. Replace the defective I/O boat:
a. Disconnect the link cable from the link card in slot 0 in the I/O boat.
b. Disconnect the I/O cables from the PCI cards in the I/O boat.
c. Loosen the captive screws (item 2 in
d. Remove the I/O boat and set it flat on an antistatic surface.
Caution – Do not allow the rear of the I/O boat to drop. The connector at the rear of
the boat can be damaged if it strikes the edge of the slot.
e. Insert the replacement I/O boat into the I/O boat slot.
f. Tighten the captive screws at the top of the I/O boat.
6. Install a link card and carrier in the I/O boat, if not already installed.
Slot 0 is used for the link card. It is the farthest left slot in the boat.
a. Remove the carrier from the I/O boat.
Caution – The carrier can be damaged during removal and during insertion. For
safe handling of the carrier, read the cautions in
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cable plate rests on the support brackets.
The tabs on the sides of the cable plate should lie in the small notches on the
tops of the support brackets.
When you can see the warning label on the top of the I/O boat, the boat is
almost fully out of the boat slot.
Do not rest an I/O boat vertically. The plastic electrical connector on the back is
breakable.
A pivoting flap behind the I/O boat drops down to prevent loss of cooling air.
The pivoting flap automatically swings up and out of the way.
Each carrier is keyed to fit in a specific slot. (The key is an M2 screw located at
the top front of the carrier.) A label on the front of the carrier shows the slot
number.
3-1.
FIGURE 4-4
) at the top of the I/O boat.
FIGURE 1-4
Section 3.1, "Installing a PCI Card"
) so that the