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Remove the TPM card (for Chinese Mainland only)

Use this information to remove the TPM card.

Before you remove the TPM card, complete the following steps:

  1. Read Safety and Installation Guidelines to ensure that you work safely.

  2. Turn off the server. Disconnect the power cords and all external cables (see Power off the server).

  3. If server is installed in a rack, remove the server from the rack.

  4. Remove the top cover (see Remove the top cover).

  5. Locate the TPM card connector on the system board (see System-board connectors).

To remove the TPM card, complete the following steps:

Figure 1. TPM card removal
TPM card removal
  1. Press and hold the release latch.
  2. Lift the TPM card out of the server.

If you are instructed to return the component or optional device, follow all packaging instructions, and use any packaging materials for shipping that are supplied to you.