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Removing a PCI riser-card assembly

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

To remove the PCI riser-card assembly, complete the following steps:

  1. Read the safety information that begins in Safety and Installation guidelines.
  2. Turn off the server (see Turning off the server) and all attached peripheral devices. Disconnect all power cords; then, disconnect all external cables as necessary to replace the device.
  3. Remove the server cover (see Removing the server top cover).
  4. If you have the optional hot-swap rear hard disk drive cage installed, rotate it up (see Rotating the optional hot-swap rear hard disk drive cage up).
  5. If an adapter is installed in the PCI riser-card assembly, disconnect any cables that are connected to the adapter.
  6. Grasp the front and rear of the PCI riser-card assembly at the blue touch-points and lift it out of the PCI riser connector on the system board.

    For 2U riser cards:





    For 1U riser cards:





  7. Remove the adapter, if necessary, from the PCI riser-card assembly.
  8. If you are instructed to return the PCI riser-card assembly, follow all packaging instructions, and use any packaging materials for shipping that are supplied to you.