Expansion-card cooling fan and guide, Removing an expansion-card cooling fan and guide, Remove the expansion-card cooling fan and guide – Dell PRECISION 530 User Manual

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Expansion-Card Cooling Fan and Guide

• Removing an expansion-card cooling fan and guide
• Replacing an expansion-card cooling fan and guide

NOTE:

The expansion-card cooling fan is mounted on the expansion-card

guide.

Removing an Expansion-Card Cooling Fan and Guide

CAUTION:

Before you perform this procedure, see "

Safety First—

For You and Your Computer

."

NOTICE:

Before disconnecting a device from the computer or removing a

component from the system board, verify that the standby power light on the
system board has turned off. To locate this light, see "

System Board

Components

."

1

Turn off the computer and devices, disconnect them from their

electrical outlets, wait at least 10 to 20 seconds, lay the computer on its

right side, and

open the computer cover

.

2

Remove any full-length expansion cards

.

NOTE:

There may not be any full-length expansion cards in the computer.

3

Disconnect the fan power cable from its connector on the system

board (FAN_CCAG). To locate this connector, see "

System Board

Components

."

4

Press the release tabs outward from the expansion-card fan and guide,

and lift the fan/guide up and out of the guide bracket (see the

following figure).

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