- Notes, cautions, and warnings
- Dell EMC PowerEdge R540 overview
- Initial system setup and configuration
- Installing and removing system components
- Safety instructions
- Before working inside your system
- After working inside your system
- Recommended tools
- Optional front bezel
- System cover
- Backplane cover
- Inside the system
- Air shroud
- Cooling fans
- Internal PERC riser
- Intrusion switch
- Drives
- Removing a drive blank
- Installing a drive blank
- Removing a 2.5-inch drive from a 3.5-inch drive adapter
- Installing a 2.5-inch drive into a 3.5-inch drive adapter
- Removing a 3.5-inch drive adapter from a 3.5-inch drive carrier
- Installing a 3.5-inch drive adapter into the 3.5-inch drive carrier
- Removing a drive carrier
- Installing a drive carrier
- Removing the drive from the drive carrier
- Installing a drive into the drive carrier
- System memory
- Processors and heat sinks
- Expansion cards and expansion card risers
- Expansion card installation guidelines
- Removing expansion card from the expansion card riser
- Installing expansion card into the expansion card riser
- Removing expansion card from the system board
- Installing expansion card on the system board
- Removing an expansion card riser
- Installing an expansion card riser
- M.2 SSD module
- Optional MicroSD or vFlash card
- Optional IDSDM or vFlash module
- LOM riser card
- Drive backplane
- Cable routing
- Rear drive cage
- System battery
- Optional internal USB memory key
- Optical drive (optional)
- Power supply units
- Hot spare feature
- Removing a power supply unit blank
- Installing a power supply unit blank
- Removing a power supply unit
- Installing a power supply unit
- Removing a non-redundant cabled AC power supply unit
- Installing a non-redundant cabled AC power supply unit
- Removing a DC power supply unit
- Installing DC power supply unit
- Wiring instructions for a DC power supply unit
- Power interposer board
- Control panel
- System board
- Restoring the system using Easy Restore
- Entering the system Service Tag by using System Setup
- Trusted Platform Module
- Jumpers and connectors
- System diagnostics
- Getting help
- Documentation resources
Dell EMC PowerEdge R540 Installation and Service Manual
Removing the cooling fan
The procedure for removing standard and high performance fans are identical.
Prerequisites
- Follow the safety guidelines listed in Safety instructions.
- Follow the procedure listed in Before working inside your system.
- Removing the air shroud
- Removing the internal PERC riser
- Move the cables out of the way to access the cooling fan cable connector on the system board.
Steps
- Lift the fan out holding the blue touch point.
- Disconnect the cooling fan cable connected to the system board connector.NOTE In the 12 x 3.5-inch drive system, disconnect the fan 1 cable from the power interposer board connector.
Figure 1. Disconnecting fan cable from PIB connector 
- Press
the release tab and lift the cooling fan out of the cooling fan cage.
Figure 2. Removing cooling fan 
Next steps
- Installing cooling fan.
- Installing the internal PERC riser
- Installing the air shroud
- Follow the procedure listed in After working inside your system.
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