Expansion cards – Dell POWEREDGE 840 User Manual
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4 Connect the DC power cables to the following components:
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POWER CONN connector on the backplane board (if applicable)
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PWR_CONN and 12V connectors on the system board
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Hard drives or SAS backplane.
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Diskette drive (if applicable)
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Optical drive (if applicable)
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Tape backup drive (if applicable)
5 Close the system. See "Closing the System" on page 47.
6 Stand the system upright.
7 Reconnect the system to its electrical outlet and turn the system on, including any attached
peripherals.
Expansion Cards
Your system supports up to five full-length expansion cards, installed in connectors on a riser card. The
expansion slots are configured as follows:
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Slot 1 is a x8 lane-width PCI-Express expansion slot.
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Slot 2 is a x1 lane-width PCI-Express expansion slot.
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Slots 3 and 4 are 3.3-V, 64-bit, 133-MHz PCI-X expansion slots.
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Slot 5 is a 5-V, 32-bit, 33-MHz legacy PCI expansion slot.
Figure 3-18 shows the relative locations of the expansion-card slots.
NOTICE:
If you install a RAC card, it must be installed in PCI slot SLOT_5.