IBM System x3650 M4 Type 7915 Problem Determination And Service Manual page 241

1. Install the adapter in the expansion slot.
a. For riser 1: if the adapter is a full-length adapter for the upper expansion slot
in the riser card, remove the full-length-adapter bracket from underneath the
top of the riser-card assembly and insert it in the end of the upper
expansion slot of the riser-card assembly. See "Stretching a PCI riser-card
assembly" on page 217 for instructions.
b. For riser 2: if the adapter is a full-length adapter for the upper expansion slot
in the riser card, the bracket is on the cage by default. Insert it in the end of
the upper expansion slot of the riser-card assembly. See "Stretching a PCI
riser-card assembly" on page 217 for instructions.
Full-length
adapter
bracket
c. Align the adapter with the PCI connector on the riser card and the guide on
the external end of the riser-card assembly.
d. Press the adapter firmly into the PCI connector on the riser card.
Adapter
connectors
Full-length
adapter
bracket
2. Connect any required cables to the adapter (see "Internal cable routing and
connectors" on page 194.)
Attention:
v When you route cables, do not block any connectors or the ventilated space
around any of the fans.
v Make sure that cables are not routed on top of components under the PCI
riser-card assembly.
v Make sure that cables are not pinched by the server components.
3. Align the PCI riser-card assembly with the selected PCI connector on the
system board:
PCI
riser-card
assembly
PCI
riser-card
assembly
(in short position)
Adapter
connectors
Adapter
Full-length
adapter
bracket
Chapter 5. Removing and replacing server components
PCI
riser-card
assembly
(in long position)
Adapter
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