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VRM

Dell Precision™ WorkStation 530 User's Guide

• Removing a VRM
  
  
• Installing a VRM
  
  

NOTICE: A VRM must be installed for each microprocessor installed. To locate the VRM and microprocessor sockets, see "System Board Components" or the interior service label.

Removing a VRM

CAUTION: Before you perform this procedure, see "Safety First— For You and Your Computer."

NOTICE: Before disconnecting a device from the computer, wait 10 to 20 seconds after disconnecting the computer from its electrical outlet. Before 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" or the interior service label.

1. Remove the airflow shroud.
   
   
2. Press the securing clips at each end of the socket outward simultaneously until the module pops out slightly from the socket (see the following figure).
   
   
3. Lift the module away from the socket.
   
   

Removing a VRM

4. Grasp the VRM by its top corners, and ease it out of its connector.
   
   

Installing a VRM

1. Press the securing clips at each end of the socket outward until they snap open (see "Removing a VRM").
   
   
2. Align the slots on the bottom of the module with the ridges inside the socket.
   
   
3. Press the module straight down into the socket until the securing clips snap into place at the ends of the module.
   
   
4. Install the airflow shroud.
   
   
5. Close the computer cover.
   
   
6. Stand the computer upright.
   
   
7. Reconnect the computer and devices to their electrical outlets, and turn them on.
   
   

NOTE: If enabled, the Chassis Intrusion option will cause the following message to be displayed at the next system start-up:

ALERT! Cover was previously removed.

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