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Remove the air
shroud.
WARNING:
Allow the memory modules to cool after you power off the system. Handle the memory modules by the card edges
and avoid touching the components or metallic contacts on the memory module.
CAUTION:
To ensure proper system cooling, memory module blanks must be installed in any memory socket that is not occupied.
Remove memory module blanks only if you intend to install memory modules in those sockets.
Steps
1
Locate the appropriate memory module socket.
CAUTION:
Handle each memory module only by the card edges, ensuring not to touch the middle of the memory
module or metallic contacts.
2
Push the ejectors outward on both ends of the memory module socket to release the memory module from the socket.
3
Lift and remove the memory module from the system.
Figure 24. Removing a memory module
Next step
1
Install the memory
module.
CAUTION:
install a memory module blank is similar to that of the memory module.
Installing a memory module
Prerequisite
1
Follow the safety guidelines listed in
Steps
1
Locate the appropriate memory module socket.
CAUTION:
Handle each memory module only by the edges, ensuring not to touch the middle of the memory module or
metallic contacts.
CAUTION:
To prevent damage to the memory module or the memory module socket during installation, do not bend or
flex the memory module. You must insert both ends of the memory module simultaneously.
2
Open the ejectors on the memory module socket outward to allow the memory module to be inserted into the socket.
3
Align the edge connector of the memory module with the alignment key of the memory module socket, and insert the memory module
in the socket.
CAUTION:
Do not apply pressure at the center of the memory module; apply pressure at both ends of the memory
module evenly.
If you are removing the memory module permanently, install a memory module blank. The procedure to
Safety
instructions.
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