Removing a PCI riser-card assembly

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

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

1. Read the safety information and installation guidelines, see Safety and the 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. Slide the server out of the rack, if installed in a rack.
4. Remove the top cover (see Removing the server top cover).
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-card slot on the system board.

   

7. Remove the adapter, if necessary, from the PCI riser-card assembly.
8. Set the adapter and PCI riser-card assembly aside.