Use this information to remove the power paddle card.
Read the safety information in Safety and Installation guidelines.
If you are replacing a server component in the server,
you need to slide the server out from the rack enclosure, turn off
the server and peripheral devices, and disconnect the power cords
and all external cables.
To remove the power paddle card, complete the following
steps.
- Pull the power supplies out of the rear of the server,
just enough to disengage them from the server.
- Remove the cover (see Removing the cover).
- Remove the air baffle if installed (see Removing the air baffle).
- Remove the 240 VA safety cover (see Removing the 240 VA safety cover).
- Loosen the cables from the cable tie.
- Disconnect the power cables from the power connectors on
the system board.
Figure 1. Power connectors
Attention: When disconnecting the power cable connector
from the system board, do not grab the wires. Grab the middle connector
to vertically remove the power cable connector from the system board.
Figure 2. Correct way of removing the power cable connector from the
system board
- Disconnect the cables from the hard disk drive backplane
or the backplate assembly.
- Disconnect the power cable from the DVD power cable (if
available).
- Disconnect all other cables on the system board that block
the removal of the power paddle card.
- Lift the power paddle card up to remove it from the server.
Figure 3. Power paddle card removal
If you are instructed to return the server component
or optional device, follow all packaging instructions, and use any
packaging materials for shipping that are supplied to you.