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Remove a PCIe adapter and riser assembly

Use this information to remove a PCIe adapter and riser assembly.

About this task

Attention

  • Read Installation Guidelines to ensure that you work safely.

  • Prevent exposure to static electricity, which might lead to system halt and loss of data, by keeping static-sensitive components in their static-protective packages until installation, and handling these devices with an electrostatic-discharge wrist strap or other grounding system.

Procedure

  1. Touch the static-protective package that contains the new riser card to any unpainted surface on the outside of the server. Then, take the new riser card out of the package and place it on a static-protective surface.
  2. Remove the top cover. See Remove the top cover.
  3. If there is any PCIe adapter installed on the riser card, record the cable connections first. Then, disconnect all cables from the PCIe adapter.
  4. Remove a riser assembly.
    Figure 1. Riser 1/2 assembly removal (three-slot bracket)
    Riser 1 assembly removal (three-slot bracket)
    Figure 2. Riser 1/2 assembly removal (one-slot riser bracket)
    Riser 1 assembly removal (one-slot riser bracket)
    Figure 3. Riser 3 assembly removal (two-slot riser bracket)
    Riser 3 assembly removal (two-slot riser bracket)

    1. (Optional) Loosen the screw that secures the riser assembly.

    2. Grasp the riser assembly by its edges and carefully lift it straight up and off the chassis.

  5. Remove any PCIe adapters from the riser assembly. The illustration shows how to remove a PCIe adapter from a riser 1/2 assembly, the method is the same for removing other PCIe adapters.
    Note
    For PCIe adapters in riser 1 and riser 2 and ThinkSystem AMD X3522 10/25GbE DSFP28 2-port PCIe Ethernet Adapter, remove the screw that secures the adapter first.
    Figure 4. PCIe adapter removal
    PCIe adapter removal

    1. Press the retainer clip downward.

    2. Rotate the PCIe adapter retention latch to the open position.

    3. Grasp the PCIe adapter by its edges and carefully pull it out of the PCIe slot.

    Note
    The PCIe adapter might fit tightly into the PCIe slot. If necessary, alternatively move each side of the PCIe adapter a small and equal amount until it is removed from the slot.
  6. Remove a riser card in a riser cage.
    Figure 5. Riser card removal (three-slot riser bracket)
    Riser card removal (three-slot riser bracket)

    Figure 6. Riser card removal (one-slot or two-slot riser bracket)
    Riser card removal (one-slot or two-slot riser bracket)

    1. Remove the two screws.

    2. Remove the riser card from the bracket in the direction as shown.

After you finish

  1. Refer to Internal cable routing if you need reconnect any cables to the removed PCIe adapters or riser cards.

  2. Reinstall the PCIe adapters and riser assembly. See Install a PCIe adapter and riser assembly.

  3. Complete the parts replacement. See Complete the parts replacement.

Demo video

Watch the procedure on YouTube