Removing a PCI-X bracket

Use this information to remove a PCI-X bracket.

Read the safety information in Safety and Installation guidelines.

If you are replacing a server component in the server, you need to turn off the server and peripheral devices, and disconnect the power cords and all external cables.

To remove a PCI-X bracket, complete the following steps.

1. Carefully turn the server on its side so that it is lying flat, with the cover facing up.
   Attention

   Do not allow the server to fall over.
2. Unlock and remove the left-side cover (see Removing the left-side cover).
3. Remove the adapter if one is installed on the PCI-X bracket (see Removing an adapter).
4. Remove the screw that secures the PCI-X bracket to the server chassis.
5. Pull the PCI-X bracket out of PCI slot 1 and save it for future use.
   Figure 1. Pull the PCI-X bracket out of PCI slot 1
   
   

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