Removing a PCI riser-card assembly

Use this information to remove a PCI riser-card assembly.

1. Read the safety information that begins on Safety and Installation guidelines.
2. Turn off the server and peripheral devices and disconnect the power cords and all external cables.
3. Remove the cover (see Removing the cover).
4. If an adapter is installed in the PCI riser-card assembly, disconnect any cables that are connected to the adapter.
5. Grasp both ends or the handle of the PCI riser-card assembly and lift it out of the PCI riser-card slot on the system board. The following illustrations show the different PCI riser-card assembly configurations that could be present in the server.
   Note

   When the rear 2.5-inch hot-swap-drive kit is used, only the PCI riser-card assembly with one x8 or x16 low-profile slot can be used for connector 2 on the system board.

   Figure 1. PCI riser-card assembly removal (1)
   

   

   
   
   Figure 2. PCI riser-card assembly removal (2)
   

   

   
   

   Figure 3. PCI riser-card assembly removal (3)
   

   

   
   

   Figure 4. PCI riser-card assembly removal (4)
   

   

   
   
6. Remove the adapter, if one is present, from the PCI riser-card assembly (see Removing an adapter).
7. Set the adapter and the PCI riser-card assembly aside.