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Dell PowerEdge 4300 System Board Upgrade Installation 1

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This guide provides instructions for removing the system board from your Dell Power-

Edge 4300 system and installing the new system board.

Your kit consists of a replacement system board, a basic input/output system (BIOS)

and firmware upgrade diskette, and instructions.

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Before shutting down your system, view the system configuration screen s in the Sys-

tem Setup program and/or the Resource Configuration Utility (RCU) and make a

record of the settings (see your

Users Guide

for complete information). You will be

installing a new system board and you must set the options to the same settings.

The upgrade procedure requires a #2 Phillips screwdriver. In addition, you should use

a wrist grounding strap for electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection. Read the safety

instructions in the following section.

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Before you remove the computer covers, perform the following steps in the sequence

indicated.

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