- Notes, cautions, and warnings
- About this document
- System overview
- Initial system setup and configuration
- Minimum to POST and system management configuration validation
- Installing and removing system components
- Safety instructions
- Before working inside your system
- After working inside your system
- Recommended tools
- Optional front bezel
- System cover
- Drive backplane cover
- Air shroud
- Removing the air shroud
- Installing the air shroud
- Removing the GPU air shroud
- Installing the GPU air shroud
- Removing the GPU air shroud top cover
- Installing the GPU air shroud top cover
- Removing the GPU air shroud filler
- Installing the GPU air shroud filler
- Removing the rear drive module air shroud
- Installing the rear drive module air shroud
- Cooling fans
- Side wall brackets
- Drives
- Rear drive module
- Drive backplane
- Cable routing
- PERC module
- System memory
- Processor and heat sink module
- Expansion cards and expansion card risers
- Expansion card installation guidelines
- Removing the expansion card risers
- Installing the expansion card risers
- Removing expansion card from the expansion card riser
- Installing an expansion card into the expansion card riser
- Removing the full length expansion card risers
- Installing the full length expansion card risers
- Removing a GPU
- Installing a GPU
- Removing R1 and R3 paddle cards
- Installing R1 and R3 paddle cards
- M.2 SSD module
- Optional serial COM port
- Optional VGA port for liquid cooling module
- Optional IDSDM module
- MicroSD card
- Optional BOSS S2 module
- System battery
- Optional internal USB card
- Intrusion switch module
- Optional OCP card
- Power supply unit
- Trusted Platform Module
- System board
- LOM card and rear I/O board
- Control panel
- Upgrade Kits
- Jumpers and connectors
- System diagnostics and indicator codes
- Getting help
- Documentation resources
Dell PowerEdge R750 Installation and Service Manual
Installing R1 and R3 paddle cards
R1 and R3 paddle cards are supported on 16 x 2.5-inch NVMe direct-attach configuration only.
Prerequisites
- Follow the safety guidelines listed in the Safety instructions.
- Follow the procedure listed in the Before working inside your system.
- Remove the air shroud or remove the GPU air shroud.
- Remove cooling fan cage assembly.
NOTE:Observe the cable routing before disconnecting the cables.
- Remove the paddle card cable from side wall bracket.
- Disconnect the paddle card cables from the drive backplane.
Steps
- Holding the edges, align the hole on the paddle cards with the guides on the system board.
- Lower the paddle cards into place and press until the paddle card connector is fully seated on the system board connector.
Figure 1. Installing the R1 paddle card 
Figure 2. Installing the R3 paddle card 
Next steps
- Connect the paddle card cables to the drive backplane.
- Insert the paddle card cable into the side wall bracket.
- Install cooling fan cage assembly.
- Install the air shroud or install the GPU air shroud.
- Follow the procedure listed in After working inside your system.
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