Installing An Option Board Or Blank Panel - Silicon Graphics Octane2 Owner's Manual

Installing an Option Board or Blank Panel

3. With the same side facing up, place the board on a clean, antistatic surface.
Store the blank panel in a safe place. You may need to reinstall it if you remove an
option board.
For complete instructions on installing your option board, refer to your option
Note:
board installation manual.
Before installing an option board, or blank panel, you must power off your workstation,
wait 5 minutes for the heat sinks to cool, attach a wrist strap, and remove the XIO
Tri-Module (See "Preparing the Workstation" on page 110 and follow the instructions
through removing the XIO Tri-Module). Also read "About the XIO Tri-Module and XIO
Boards" on page 108.
Caution: Do not remove the cap on the XIO compression connector until completing the
installation process.
1. Place the XIO Tri-Module on its side with the handles facing you, and then identify
the slot where you want to install the option board, or blank panel.
The VPro graphics board always uses slot A/B. Option boards always go in slot B,
C, or D. Slot B is a daughterboard slot on the other side of the VPro graphics board.
For instructions on installing a daughterboard in slot B, see your daughterboard
installation guide.
Orient the board so the thick side is facing up. The thick side contains
Tip:
components, heat sinks, or daughterboards.
2. Using the supplied Phillips screwdriver, remove the screws from the option board
or blank panel currently occupying the desired slot, then remove the board or panel
(see Figure 5-15).
The following illustrations show you how to install an option board.

Installing an Option Board or Blank Panel

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