Installinga Processor Blank And Dimmblank; Solid State Drives (Ssd); Ssd Installation Guidelines; Shutdown Procedure Forservicing An Ssd - Dell PowerEdgeFC430 Owner's Manual

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Installinga processor blank and DIMMblank

Prerequisites

CAUTION:Manyrepairsmayonlybedonebyacertifiedservicetechnician.Youshouldonlyperformtroubleshootingandsimple

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 came with the product.

NOTE:

You must remove the processor-and-DIMM blank when using a dual processor configurationortoserviceother

components inside the system.

Followthesafetyguidelineslistedinthe Safetyinstructions section.

FollowtheprocedurelistedintheBefore workinginside yoursystemsection.

Remove the coolingshroud.

Steps

Align the standoffs on the processor blank and DIMM blank with the heat sink retention sockets on the processor socket.

Lower the processor blank and DIMM blank onto the system until the standoffs on the processor blank and DIMM blank engage with

theheatsinkretentionsockets.

Next steps

Ensure that you install a processor blank and DIMM blank when you have removed a processor permanently.

Install the coolingshroud.

Followthe procedure listed inthe After working inside your systemsection.

The PowerEdge FC430 system supports up totwo 1.8 inch-uSATA SSDs. The SSDs are supplied inspecial hotswapdrive carriers that fit

in the drive bays and these drives connect to thesystem board through the SSD backplane board.

In adual SSD baysled that has asingle SSD installed, an SSDblank must beinstalled in thevacant drive baytomaintain proper airflow.

NOTE:

This section applies only to situations where the sled must be turned off to service an SSD.

Installing and removing sled components

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