Dell PowerEdge R760 Installation and Service Manual

Removing the adapter PERC module

Follow the safety guidelines listed in the Safety instructions.
Follow the procedure listed in the Before working inside your system.
If required, remove the air shroudor remove the GPU air shroud.
If required, remove the drive backplane cover.
Remove the cooling fan cage assembly.
Remove the expansion card riser.
Disconnect all the cables from the adapter PERC (APERC) card, observe the cable routing.
NOTE:Refer to cable routing section for more information.

NOTE:APERC module must be installed only in expansion card riser 1 or riser 2.

Tilt the expansion card retention latch lock to open.
Pull the card holder before removing the card from the riser.
Hold the APERC module by the edges. and pull the module from the expansion card connector on the riser.
NOTE:The numbers on the image do not depict the exact steps. The numbers are for representation of sequence.
Figure 1. Removing the APERC module
If the APERC module is not going to be replaced, install a filler bracket and close the card retention latch.
NOTE:You must install a filler bracket over an empty expansion card slot to maintain Federal Communications Commission (FCC) certification of the system. The brackets also keep dust and dirt out of the system and aid in proper cooling and airflow inside the system.
Figure 2. Installing the filler bracket