- Notes, cautions, and warnings
- About the Dell PowerEdge T130 system
- Documentation resources
- Technical specifications
- Initial system setup and configuration
- Pre-operating system management applications
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- System Setup
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- UEFI iSCSI Settings screen details
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- About Boot Manager
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- Changing the boot order
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- Creating a system or setup password
- Using your system password to secure your system
- Deleting or changing system and setup password
- Operating with a setup password enabled
- Embedded systems management
- iDRAC Settings utility
- Installing and removing system components
- Safety instructions
- Before working inside your system
- After working inside your system
- Recommended tools
- System cover
- Bezel
- Inside the system
- Intrusion switch
- Control panel
- Hard drives
- Removing the hard drive cage
- Installing the hard drive cage
- Removing a hard drive carrier from the hard drive cage
- Installing a hard drive carrier into the hard drive cage
- Removing a hard drive carrier from the hard drive bay
- Installing a hard drive carrier into the hard drive bay
- Removing a hard drive from a hard drive carrier
- Installing a hard drive into a hard drive carrier
- Hard drive cabling diagrams
- Setting the cooling fan speed for 4 TB hard drives
- Optical drive
- System memory
- Cooling fan
- Internal USB memory key (optional)
- Expansion cards
- SD vFlash card (optional)
- iDRAC port card (optional)
- Processors and heat sinks
- Power supply unit
- System battery
- System board
- Trusted Platform Module
- Using system diagnostics
- Jumpers and connectors
- Troubleshooting your system
- Troubleshooting system startup failure
- Troubleshooting external connections
- Troubleshooting the video subsystem
- Troubleshooting a USB device
- Troubleshooting a serial input and output device
- Troubleshooting a NIC
- Troubleshooting a wet system
- Troubleshooting a damaged system
- Troubleshooting the system battery
- Troubleshooting power supply units
- Troubleshooting cooling problems
- Troubleshooting cooling fans
- Troubleshooting system memory
- Troubleshooting an internal USB key
- Troubleshooting a micro SD card
- Troubleshooting an optical drive
- Troubleshooting a drive or SSD
- Troubleshooting a storage controller
- Troubleshooting expansion cards
- Troubleshooting processors
- System messages
- Getting help
Dell PowerEdge T130 Owner's Manual
Removing the cooling fan
Prerequisites
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 are
shipped with your product.
CAUTION Do
not remove or install the cooling fan by holding the blades.
CAUTION Never operate your system with the system fan removed. System can
overheat and result in shutdown of the system and loss of data.
- Ensure that you follow the Safety instructions.
- Follow the procedure listed in Before working inside your system.
Steps
- Disconnect the cooling fan power cable from the system board.
- To ease removal of the cooling fan, stretch the grommets securing the fan to the chassis.
- Hold the cooling fan by the sides, and slide it out of the grommet.
- Repeat steps 2 and 3 to release the fan from
the remaining grommets.
Figure 1. Removing the cooling fan 
- grommets (4)
- cooling fan
- cooling fan power cable
Next steps
- Install the cooling fan.
- Follow the procedure listed in After working inside your system.
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