Chapter 3: Hardware Installations And Upgrades; Before You Begin; Tools And Supplies Needed; Installing And Removing Memory - Intel S3420GP Manual

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Hardware Installations and
Upgrades

Before You Begin

Before working with your server product, pay close attention to the
at the beginning of this manual.

Tools and Supplies Needed

•
Phillips* (cross head) screwdriver (#1 bit and #2 bit)
•
Needle nosed pliers
•
A ruler
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Pen or pencil
•
Antistatic wrist strap and conductive foam pad (recommended)

Installing and Removing Memory

The silkscreen on the board for the DIMMs displays DIMM_A1, DIMM_A2, DIMM_A3;
DIMM_B1, DIMM_B2, DIMM_B3 starting from the center of the board. DIMM_A1 is
one of two blue sockets which is close to the processor. For three slots per channel
configurations, the server board requires DDR3 DIMMs within a channel to be populated.

Installing DIMMs

To install DIMMs, follow these steps:
1. Observe the safety and ESD precautions in
2. Turn off all peripheral devices connected to the server. Turn off the server.
3. Disconnect the AC power cord from the server.
4. Remove the server's cover and locate the DIMM sockets (see letters "A" to "E"
Figure
Intel® Server Board S3420GP User Guide
10).
"Safety Information"
"Safety Information".
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