Dell PowerEdge M830 Owner's Manual page 92

2. Follow the procedure listed in
3. Keep the #2 Phillips screwdriver ready.
CAUTION: To prevent damage to the hard drives/SSDs and the hard drive/SSD backplane,
you must remove the hard drives/SSDs from the server module before removing the hard
drive/SSD backplane.
CAUTION: You must note the number of each hard drive/SSD and temporarily label them
before removal so that you can replace them in the same locations.
4. Remove the hard drive(s)/SSD(s).
Steps
1. Press the release latches, lift the backplane until the guide pins on the hard drive/SSD cage disengage
from the guides on the hard drive/SSD backplane.
2. Remove the hard drive/SSD cage. See
3. Loosen the two retention screws securing the hard-drive/SSD backplane cable connector to the
system board connector.
4. Lift the backplane away from the system.
Figure 34. Removing a 2.5 inch (x4) SATA hard drive/SSD backplane
1. hard drive/SSD backplane
3. guide pin (5)
5. retention screw on the hard-drive/SSD
backplane cable connector (2)
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Before working inside your
Removing a hard drive/SSD
system.
cage.
2. release latch (2)
4. hard-drive/SSD backplane cable
6. connector