Apple Mac Pro Server Mid2010 User Guide
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61 Chapter 3 Making a Good Thing Better 6 Lift the latch and slide the carrier over the guides and into the drive bay until it touches the drive connectors and is seated in the bay. Driv e connec tors 7 Replace the side panel, following the instructions starting on page 46. NOTICE: Always replace the side panel after installing components. Your Mac Pro doesn’t operate properly without the side panel in place.
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62Chapter 3 Making a Good Thing Better Replacing an Optical Drive Your Mac Pro comes with one or two SuperDrives installed in the optical drive bays. Follow these instructions to replace an optical drive. Note: Contact your drive manufacturer or consult the manufacturer’s website to determine if your drive is set to cable select mode. Before you install a drive, set the drive to cable select mode if the manufacturer hasn’t already done so. To replace the optical drive: 1 Open your Mac Pro and...
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63 Chapter 3 Making a Good Thing Better 3 Pull the carrier halfway out of the optical drive bay.
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64Chapter 3 Making a Good Thing Better 4 Disconnect the cable from the optical drive and remove the carrier from the optical drive bay. NOTICE: When you install or replace optical drives, use the original Apple cables that came with your Mac Pro.
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65 Chapter 3 Making a Good Thing Better 5 Remove the optical drive from the carrier by unscrewing the four attachment screws. 6 Use the four screws from the original optical drive to attach the replacement drive to the carrier.
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66Chapter 3 Making a Good Thing Better 7 Slide the optical drive and carrier over the guides halfway into the optical drive bay. 8 Attach the cable to the back of the optical drive. Cable middle connec tor Cable end connec tor
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67 Chapter 3 Making a Good Thing Better 9 Lift the latch and then slide the carrier into the optical drive bay, pushing it into place. 10 Replace the side panel, following the instructions starting on page 46. NOTICE: Always replace the side panel after installing components. Your Mac Pro doesn’t operate properly without the side panel in place.
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68Chapter 3 Making a Good Thing Better Adding PCI Express Cards You can expand the capabilities of your Mac Pro by installing cards in the Peripheral Component Interconnect (PCI) Express slots. Your Mac Pro has one double-wide PCI Express graphics slot and three PCI Express expansion slots, for a total of four slots. These slots accommodate PCI Express graphics cards and expansion cards. About PCI Express Cards Your Mac Pro comes with a high-performance PCI Express graphics card, which...
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69 Chapter 3 Making a Good Thing Better To install a PCI Express card: 1 Open your Mac Pro and remove the side panel, following the instructions in “Opening Your Mac Pro” on page 33. WARNING: To avoid damaging internal components or the components you want to install, always turn off and then unplug your Mac Pro. Do not attempt to install items while it is plugged in. Let your Mac Pro cool down for 5 to 10 minutes before you touch the internal components, which may be very hot. 2...
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70Chapter 3 Making a Good Thing Better 4 Press the button on the PCI slider and move the slider to the left, which moves the retention bar. Button Retention bar PCI slider 5 Remove your new card from its static-proof bag and hold it by its corners. Don’t touch the gold connector or the components on the card. If You’re Installing a Full-Length PCI Card It may be easier to install a PCI card if you remove the hard disk drives and carriers (see page 56), and remove adjacent cards. Make sure...