Page 3 - Installing System Board Options; Follow these guidelines when you add an expansion card:
support.dell.com Installing System Board Options 8-3 The system board contains seven Peripheral Component Interconnect (PCI) expansion-card connectors (see Figure 8-2). Follow these guidelines when you add an expansion card: Install 64-bit, 33-megahertz (MHz), 5 volt (V) PCI expansion cards in conne...
Page 5 - To remove an expansion card, perform the following steps.; green LED
support.dell.com Installing System Board Options 8-5 " ! To remove an expansion card, perform the following steps. NOTE: To facilitate the removal of some of the smaller PCI expansion cards (such as the Intel EtherExpress PRO/100+ NIC), card extractors are available for purchase from other suppl...
Page 6 - If your computer uses the Windows 2000 operating system; Unplug or Eject Hardware; control applet; plastic card guide
8-6 Dell PowerEdge 6450 Systems Installation and Troubleshooting Guide If your computer uses the Windows 2000 operating system , press the switch next to the expansion slot to power down the expansion-card connec-tor (see Figure 8-3), or run the Unplug or Eject Hardware control applet from the statu...
Page 7 - Hot Plug
support.dell.com Installing System Board Options 8-7 6. Grasp the expansion card by its top corners, and carefully remove it from the expansion-card connector. 7. If you are removing the card permanently, install a metal filler bracket over the empty card-slot opening. NOTE: You must install a fille...
Page 9 - and peripherals to electrical outlets, and turn them on.
support.dell.com Installing System Board Options 8-9 13. If your computer uses the NetWare 5.0 operating system, the replacement adapter card is not automatically bound when the slot is turned on, and you are using the Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP), enter the fol-lowing co...
Page 11 - System Memory
support.dell.com Installing System Board Options 8-11 1. Shut down the system, including any attached peripherals, and disconnect the system from the electrical outlet. 2. Open the panel doors on top of the computer. See “Accessing the Interior of Your System” in Chapter 7. 3. Holding the memor y bo...
Page 12 - Repeat steps 1 through 3 to install the remaining DIMMs.
8-12 Dell PowerEdge 6450 Systems Installation and Troubleshooting Guide +!'!(( 2. Align the DIMM's edge connector with the slot in the center of the DIMM socket, and insert the DIMM in the socket (see step A in Figure 8-6). The DIMM socket has two alignment keys that allow the DIMM to be installed i...
Page 13 - To remove a terminator card, perform the following steps.
support.dell.com Installing System Board Options 8-13 ,-.'!(( Each microprocessor is contained within a single-edge contact (SEC) cartridge and heat sink assembly. The system board has four guide-bracket assemblies, which hold the SEC cartridge and heat sink assemblies. If your system has only one m...
Page 15 - Open the panel doors on top of the computer.; guide-bracket assembly
support.dell.com Installing System Board Options 8-15 " *,'&1,2&# ##! 1. Shut down the system, including any attached peripherals, and disconnect the system from the electrical outlet. 2. Open the panel doors on top of the computer. See “Accessing the Interior of Your System” in Chapter ...
Page 18 - power sources and turn them on.; Time; and; Date; electrical outlet for at least an hour.
8-18 Dell PowerEdge 6450 Systems Installation and Troubleshooting Guide 10. Close the panel doors. Reconnect the computer and peripherals to their AC power sources and turn them on. 11. Enter the System Setup program to confirm that the batter y is operating properly. 12. Enter the correct time and ...