Hard Drive Backplane; Removing The Hard Drive Backplane - Dell E33S001 Owner's Manual

4 Enter the correct time and date in the System Setup Time and Date fields.
5 Exit System Setup.
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Hard drive backplane

Systems with four 3.5-inch hot swappable SAS or SATA hard drives support a hard drive backplane.

Removing the hard drive backplane

Prerequisites
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 are shipped with your product.
CAUTION: To prevent damage to the drives and backplane, you must remove the hard drives from the system before removing
the backplane.
CAUTION: You must note the number of each hard drive and temporarily label them before removal so that you can replace them
in the same locations.
1 Ensure that you follow the
2 Follow the procedure listed in
3 Remove all the hard drives.
4 Disconnect the SAS/SATA data, signal, and power cable(s) from the backplane.
Step
Press the release tabs and lift the hard drive backplane out of the chassis.
116 Installing and removing system components
Safety instructions.
Before working inside your system.