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Jumpers, Switches, and Connectors
Dell™PowerEdge™750SystemsInstallationandTroubleshootingGuide
Jumpers—A General Explanation
System Board Jumpers
System Board Connectors
Riser Board Connectors
Disabling a Forgotten Password
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This section provides specific information about the system jumpers. It also provides some basic information on jumpers and switches and describes the
connectors on the various boards in the system.
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Jumpers—A General Explanation
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Jumpers provide a convenient and reversible way of reconfiguring the circuitry on a printed circuit board. When reconfiguring the system, you may need to
change jumper settings on circuit boards or drives.
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Jumpers
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Jumpers are small blocks on a circuit board with two or more pins emerging from them. Plastic plugs containing a wire fit down over the pins. The wire connects
the pins and creates a circuit. To change a jumper setting, pull the plug off its pin(s) and carefully fit it down onto the pin(s) indicated. FigureA-1 shows an
example of a jumper.
Figure A-1. Example Jumper
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A jumper is referred to as open or unjumpered when the plug is pushed down over only one pin or if there is no plug at all. When the plug is pushed down
over two pins, the jumper is referred to as jumpered. The jumper setting is often shown in text as two numbers, such as 1–2. The number 1 is printed on the
circuitboardwithatrianglesothatyoucanidentifyeachpinnumberbasedonthelocationofpin1.
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FigureA-2 shows the location and default settings of the server-module jumper blocks. See TableA-1 for the designations, default settings, and functions of
the jumpers.
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System Board Jumpers
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FigureA-2 shows the location of the configuration jumpers on the system board. TableA-1 lists the jumpers settings.
Figure A-2. System Board Jumpers
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