Table Of Contents - Dell Precision 7960 Service Manual

Table of Contents

Chapter 1: Working inside your computer...................................................................................... 6

Safety instructions.............................................................................................................................................................. 6

Before working inside your computer....................................................................................................................... 6

Safety precautions.........................................................................................................................................................7

Electrostatic discharge-ESD protection................................................................................................................7

ESD field service kit ..................................................................................................................................................... 8

Transporting sensitive components.......................................................................................................................... 9

After working inside your computer..........................................................................................................................9

BitLocker..........................................................................................................................................................................9

Chapter 2: Removing and installing components.......................................................................... 10

Recommended tools..........................................................................................................................................................10

Screw list............................................................................................................................................................................. 10

System cover....................................................................................................................................................................... 11

Removing the system cover.......................................................................................................................................11

Installing the system cover........................................................................................................................................ 13

Cooling fan assembly........................................................................................................................................................ 15

Removing the cooling fan assembly........................................................................................................................ 15

Installing the cooling fan assembly...........................................................................................................................17

Cooling fans.........................................................................................................................................................................18

Removing the cooling fan...........................................................................................................................................18

Installing the cooling fan.............................................................................................................................................19

Hard drive assembly......................................................................................................................................................... 20

Removing a drive blank.............................................................................................................................................. 20

Installing a drive blank................................................................................................................................................. 21

Removing a drive carrier............................................................................................................................................22

Installing a drive carrier.............................................................................................................................................. 23

Removing the hard-drive from the drive carrier..................................................................................................24

Installing the hard-drive from the drive carrier.................................................................................................... 25

Air shroud............................................................................................................................................................................ 26

Removing the air shroud............................................................................................................................................26

Installing the air shroud.............................................................................................................................................. 28

Processors and heat sinks...............................................................................................................................................29

Removing the processor and heat-sink module...................................................................................................29

Removing processor from processor heat-sink module..................................................................................... 31

Installing processor into processor heat-sink module.........................................................................................32

Installing the processor and heat-sink module..................................................................................................... 34

Coin-cell battery................................................................................................................................................................ 36

Removing the coin-cell battery................................................................................................................................36

Installing the coin-cell battery.................................................................................................................................. 37

Backplane cover..............................................................................................................................................................38

Removing the backplane cover................................................................................................................................ 38

Installing the backplane cover.................................................................................................................................. 40

Front PowerEdge RAID Controller (PERC) module...................................................................................................41

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