Removing the PCB carrier

Reasons for removing the PCB carrier

You must remove the PCB carrier from the storage engine if you are replacing the motherboard tray. You can also remove the PCB carrier to replace components, such as the memory card assembly and expansion adapters.

Removing the PCB carrier

To remove the PCB carrier from your appliance, complete the following steps, using the figure for reference.

Step	Action
1	Open the PCB carrier by following the procedure described in Opening the PCB carrier.
2	With the PCB carrier completely extended, press inward on the carrier tabs on each slide rail and pull and lift the PCB carrier out of the storage engine chassis. Make sure that you remove the slide rails on the PCB carrier before sending it for replacement.
3	Support the PCB carrier with both hands and set it aside.
4	If you are...	Then...
	Replacing the motherboard	Go to Replacing the motherboard.
	Not replacing the motherboard, but you are replacing units on it	Go to the appropriate procedure for the unit you are replacing: Replacing SDRAM DIMMs on the memory card assembly Replacing the memory card assembly Installing or replacing expansion adapters