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Removing The Blade System Board
CAUTION: Many repairs may only be done by a certified service technician. You should only
perform troubleshooting and simple repairs as authorized in your product documentation, or as
directed by the online or telephone service and support team. Damage due to servicing that is
not authorized by Dell is not covered by your warranty. Read and follow the safety instructions
that came with the product.
1. Remove the blade from the sleeve.
WARNING: The processor and heat sink can become extremely hot. Be sure the processor
has had sufficient time to cool before handling.
WARNING: The memory modules are hot to the touch for some time after the system has
been powered down. Allow time for the memory modules to cool before handling them.
Handle the memory modules by the card edges and avoid touching the components.
2. Remove the SD card and the vFlash card.
3. Remove the mezzanine card/blank.
4. Remove the SSDs.
NOTE: If you are removing both SSDs, label them so you can replace them in their original
locations.
5. Remove the SSD backplane.
CAUTION: Do not lift the system board assembly by grasping a memory module, processor,
or other components.
6. Hold the blade chassis with one hand, lift and pull the blade release handle with the other hand to
slide the blade system board out of the open end of the chassis.
7. Remove the memory modules and memory module blanks.
8. Remove the processor(s).
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