Removing The Mini-Sas/Sata Controller - Lenovo ThinkServer TS100 Hardware Maintenance Manual

Removing the mini-SAS/SATA controller

To remove the mini-SAS/SATA RAID controller, complete the following steps:
1. Read the safety information that begins on page vii and "Installation guidelines"
2. Turn off the server and all attached devices; then, disconnect all power cords
3. Unlock and remove the side cover (see "Removing the side cover" on page 62).
4. Open the rear adapter-retention bracket until the release lever on the right side
5. Squeeze the tabs on both sides of the connector on the signal cable and
6. Carefully disengage the tabs on each side of the SAS/SATA controller connector
7. Grasp the edges of the SAS/SATA controller and pull it out of the connector. If
8. If you are instructed to return the SAS/SATA controller, follow all packaging
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and external cables.
of the bracket clicks into place.
remove the cable from the SAS/SATA controller .
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Mini-PCI controller slot
2
Alignment pins
and the front of the SAS/SATA controller from the plastic standoff.
the standoff comes away from the system board with the controller, gently pull it
out of the controller and push it back into the hole on the system board.
instructions, and use any packaging materials for shipping that are supplied to
you.
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Alignment holes
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Mini-SAS/SATA controller