This chapter provides detailed information on removing the OCTANE Personal Video board.
The following topics are included in this chapter:
Follow the directions in this chapter to remove the OCTANE Personal Video board and to install another board or blank panel in its place.
Go to Chapter 1, “Preparing the Workstation”, and follow the directions through removing the XIO module. Be sure you have placed caps on the XIO compression connectors of the graphics, Personal Video, and any other XIO board. Then return to this section, and begin with step 2.
Position the XIO module so that slots D and A are facing you.
Remove the cable guard by removing the screw that holds it to the graphics board and XIO module.
Press down on the middle of the cable guard and slide it beneath the I/O panels. This action releases the cable guard half-hook from behind the spacer on the Personal Video board. You feel pressure from the flex cables.
Slide the cable guard off the XIO module and boards.
Pull the cable guard away from the XIO module so that the hook and half-hook are free.
Slide the cable guard out from under the edges of the I/O panels.
Keep the cable guard. Use it whenever you are connecting an option board to the graphics board with flex cables.
Replace the screw through the graphics board into the standoff on the XIO module.
Detach the flex cables from the graphics board beginning with the cable labeled C.
Press down on one release lever on the end of the flex cable, then on the other.
Note: Pressing both release levers at the same time usually results in the connector remaining seated.
Pull up on the connector until it releases.
Remove flex cable B, then flex cable A, following the instructions in steps 6 and 7.
Turn the XIO module over.
If you have not already done so, go to “Removing the Cable Guard and Flex Cables” and follow these steps before removing the Personal Video board.
Remove the four screws holding the Personal Video board to slot B of the XIO module.
Lift the Personal Video board from the XIO module. Place it on an antistatic bag on a clean, dry, surface such as your desktop.
Note: Do not try to remove the flex cables from the Personal Video board. They are permanently attached.
After you have removed the OCTANE Personal Video board, choose your next step from Table 3-1.
Table 3-1. Choosing the Next Instruction
To Do This... | Go To... |
|---|---|
Installing a new Personal Video board | Chapter 1, “Attaching the OCTANE Personal Video Board to the XIO Module” |
Installing a different option board | The installation guide for that option board |
Installing a blank panel | Step 1 on page 63 |
A blank panel must be installed in slot B of the XIO module if no option board is installed in that slot. If a blank panel is also in slot C, a baffle must be placed over both blank panels to allow proper airflow in the workstation.
Use two short screws to attach the outside edge of the blank panel to the XIO module if you have two blank panels side-by-side. You will install a baffle across them in a later step.
If you are not installing a baffle because you have an option board beside the blank panel, use four short screws to install the blank panel to the XIO module. Use an M3 x 8 mm screw for the fourth hole, if you cannot find the fourth short screw that came with the blank panel.
Caution: Do not use the long screw that comes with the spacer to attach a blank panel to the XIO module. It will damage the XIO module standoffs.
If you have a blank panel in slot C, place a baffle over both blank panels.
Caution: You must replace the baffle for cooling purposes when you install two side-by-side blank panels. The baffle is used only with two side-by-side blank panels. Use the packing material and box in which you received your replacement part to return any part to your authorized service representative..
Remove any compression connector caps from boards attached to the XIO module.
Go to “Replacing the XIO Module”.
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