Installing A Cooling Fan; Expansion Cards And Expansion-Card Risers; Expansion Card Installation Guidelines - Dell E14S Series Owner's Manual

NOTE: The procedure for removing each fan is identical.
Steps
Hold the fan and lift it out of the system.
Figure 20. Removing and installing a cooling fan
1. cooling fans (7)

Installing a cooling fan

Prerequisites
1. Ensure that you read the
2. Follow the procedure listed in
CAUTION: Many repairs may only be done by a certified service technician. You should only
perform troubleshooting and simple 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.
Steps
1. Align the plug at the base of the cooling fan with the connector on the system board.
2. Slide the cooling fan into the securing slots until the tabs lock into place.
Next steps
Follow the procedure listed in

Expansion cards and expansion-card risers

NOTE: A missing or an unsupported expansion-card riser logs an SEL event. It does not prevent
your system from powering on and no BIOS POST message or F1/F2 pause is displayed.

Expansion card installation guidelines

Your system supports PCI Express Generation 3 expansion cards.
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Safety instructions.
Before working inside your
After working inside your
2. cooling fan connectors (7)
system.
system.