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Dell EMC PowerEdge R540 Installation and Service Manual

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Installing an expansion card riser

Prerequisites

  1. Follow the safety guidelines listed in Safety instructions.

Steps

  1. If removed, install the expansion cards into the expansion card riser.
  2. Holding the touch points, align the expansion card riser with the connector and the riser guide pin on the system board.
  3. Lower the expansion card riser into place until the expansion card riser connector is fully seated in the connector.
    Figure 1. Installing low profile riser right
    This image shows installing low profile riser right
    Figure 2. Installing low profile riser left
    This image shows installing low profile riser left
    Figure 3. Installing full height X1 riser
    This image shows installing full height X1 riser
    NOTE For butterfly riser, tighten the captive screw to firmly hold the riser to the system board.
    Figure 4. Installing butterfly riser
    This image shows installing butterfly riser

Next steps

  1. Follow the procedure listed in After working inside your system.
  2. Install any device drivers required for the card as described in the documentation for the card.

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