Apple Mac Pro RAID Card and Battery manual

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    07 3-1 25 1 Rev . A 1 © 2009 Apple Inc . All rights reserved.  Mac P ro F irst Steps Shut down computer . 1 2 W ait 1 0 minutes. W arning: Parts inside computer can be very hot. Allow comput er to cool down bef ore continuing . Unplug all external 3 cables exc ept power cord . T ouch metal PCI cover 4 on back of computer . Unplug power cor d. 5[...]

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    07 3-1 25 1 Rev . A 2 © 2009 Apple Inc . All rights reserved. Required T ools Phillips #1 screwdriver Removing the Installed RAID Car d and Battery 1 Locate RAID car d. Note: Before r emoving or installing a RAID card , you must remove all har d drives. Also remove an y 1 2-inch PCI card blocking access to the RAID card . Make sure latch on 2 back[...]

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    07 3-1 25 1 Rev . A 3 © 2009 Apple Inc . All rights reserved. 5 Using Phillips #1 screwdriver , lo osen 2 captive screws securing card’ s bracket to enclosure. Remove bracket from 6 enclosure. Note: Card is held in place by reten tion bar . F ollowing two steps explain how t o release bar . 7 Pr ess button on PCI slider . Move slider to left, 8 [...]

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    07 3-1 25 1 Rev . A 4 © 2009 Apple Inc . All rights reserved. 1 0 T o replace card’ s battery : Disconnect batter y • cable from card . • Remove 3 screws and lift batter y from card . Install replacement • battery .[...]

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    07 3-1 25 1 Rev . A 5 © 2009 Apple Inc . All rights reserved. Installing the Replacement RAID Card and Battery Note: Mac Pr o RAID Card must always be installed in PCI slot 4. Align card’ s connector 1 with PCI slot 4 and press until c onnector is inser ted all the way into slot. Mak e sure card also engages in slot 4 of PCI card guide. Pr ess b[...]

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    07 3-1 25 1 Rev . A 6 © 2009 Apple Inc . All rights reserved. Replace any other 5 PCI cards previously removed . 6 Replace all hard drives in drive bays . Closing the C omputer 1 Replace access panel. Note: Make sure latch is up befor e you replace panel. If latch is down, panel will not seat correctly . Push latch do wn 2 to close and secure acce[...]