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If you have other options to install or remove, do so now. Otherwise, go to
"Completing the installation" on page 45.
Replacing a riser-card assembly
The server comes with two PCI Express riser-card assemblies. You can replace a
PCI Express riser-card assembly with a PCI-X riser-card assembly.
To replace a PCI Express riser-card assembly with a PCI-X riser-card assembly,
complete the following steps:
1. Read the safety information that begins on page v and the "Installation
2. Turn off the server and disconnect the power cords and all external cables, if
3. Remove the PCI Express riser-card assembly from slot 2 on the system board.
4. Install a PCI-X adapter in the PCI-X riser-card assembly. See "Installing an
5. Insert the PCI-X riser-card assembly into the riser-card connector on the system
If you have other options to install or remove, do so now. Otherwise, go to
"Completing the installation" on page 45.
continuously, that drive is faulty and must be replaced. If the green hard disk
drive activity LED is flashing, the drive is being accessed.
guidelines" on page 23.
necessary; then, remove the server cover.
Expansion
slot cover
Riser-card
assembly
Riser-card
connector
v If an adapter is installed in the riser-card assembly, disconnect any cables
that are connected to the adapter.
v Grasp the riser-card assembly at the rear edge and lift it from the riser-card
connector.
v Remove the adapter, if one is present, from the riser-card assembly.
v Store the riser-card assembly and the adapter in a safe place for possible
future use.
adapter" on page 34 for more information. Set any jumpers or switches on the
adapter as directed by the adapter manufacturer.
board. Make sure that it is fully seated.
Adapter
support
bracket
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