Owners Manual

Installing a cooling fan................................................................................................................................................ 35
Cooling fan assembly........................................................................................................................................................36
Removing the cooling fan assembly........................................................................................................................36
Installing the cooling fan assembly.......................................................................................................................... 37
Optional USB 3.0 module................................................................................................................................................ 38
Removing the USB 3.0 module................................................................................................................................ 38
Installing the USB 3.0 module.................................................................................................................................. 39
Optional optical drive....................................................................................................................................................... 40
Removing the optical drive....................................................................................................................................... 40
Installing the optical drive..........................................................................................................................................42
Control panel...................................................................................................................................................................... 44
Removing the left control panel...............................................................................................................................44
Installing the left control panel.................................................................................................................................45
Removing the right control panel............................................................................................................................ 46
Installing the right control panel.............................................................................................................................. 47
Air shroud............................................................................................................................................................................ 49
Air shroud A ................................................................................................................................................................. 50
GPU shroud...................................................................................................................................................................52
Air shroud B.................................................................................................................................................................. 54
Air shroud C.................................................................................................................................................................. 56
NVDIMM-N battery.......................................................................................................................................................... 58
Removing the NVDIMM-N battery......................................................................................................................... 58
Installing the NVDIMM-N battery........................................................................................................................... 59
Drive backplane................................................................................................................................................................. 59
Removing the drive backplane .................................................................................................................................61
Installing the backplane..............................................................................................................................................63
Cable routing................................................................................................................................................................ 65
System memory................................................................................................................................................................. 68
General memory module installation guidelines....................................................................................................70
NVDIMM-N memory module installation guidelines ...........................................................................................70
PMem installation guidelines ....................................................................................................................................74
Mode-specific guidelines............................................................................................................................................77
Removing a memory module.....................................................................................................................................80
Installing the memory module....................................................................................................................................81
Processors and heat sinks...............................................................................................................................................82
Removing a processor and heat sink module....................................................................................................... 82
Removing the processor from the processor and heat sink module.............................................................. 84
Installing the processor on the processor and heat sink module.....................................................................86
Installing a processor and heat sink module..........................................................................................................87
Expansion cards and expansion card risers................................................................................................................ 89
Expansion card installation guidelines.................................................................................................................... 89
Removing the expansion card riser........................................................................................................................ 101
Installing the expansion card riser......................................................................................................................... 103
Removing the expansion card from the riser......................................................................................................105
Installing the expansion card in the riser..............................................................................................................106
Removing the expansion card from the system board..................................................................................... 107
Installing the expansion card on the system board........................................................................................... 109
GPU card installation guidelines..............................................................................................................................110
Removing the GPU..................................................................................................................................................... 111
Installing the GPU.......................................................................................................................................................113
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