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Hard-Drive Fan Assembly

WARNING: Before working inside your computer, read the safety information that shipped with your computer and follow the steps in "Before You Begin" on page 13. For additional safety best practices information, see the Regulatory Compliance Homepage at dell.com/regulatory_compliance.

WARNING: The heat sink may be very hot during normal operation. Provide sufficient time for the heat-sink to cool before you touch it.

Prerequisites

1Remove the left side-panel. See "Removing the Left Side-Panel" on page 25.

Removing the Hard-Drive Fan Assembly

1Open the PCI shroud. See "Opening the PCI Shroud" on page 45.

2Remove the drive-bay shroud. See "Removing the Drive-Bay Shroud" on page 47.

NOTE: Be careful not to damage the hard-drive fan cable while lifting the hard-drive fan assembly.

3Carefully slide the hard-drive fan assembly out of the hard-drive fan assembly bay.

4Note the routing of the hard-drive fan cable and then disconnect the hard- drive fan cable from the FAN_HDD connector on the master I/O board.

5Lift the hard-drive fan assembly out of the chassis.

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Dell D01M owner manual Removing the Hard-Drive Fan Assembly