Difference between revisions of "Yellow Light Instructions"

Revision as of 10:04, 19 November 2010

Do not pull anything unless these instructions say to pull it. This includes ribbon cables.

Hard drives should all have been removed by now. Please be certain that they have been.

Remember to leave all rails and drive sleds in case!

Remove the following components:

High Speed or Ultra Speed CD RW
- They must have a standard 5.25" rectangular faceplate and not be laptop-sized.
- A drive is only High Speed or Ultra Speed if it literally says "High Speed" or "Ultra Speed" to the right of the "Compact Disc" label.

DVD Drive
- They must have a standard 5.25" rectangular faceplate and not be laptop-sized.
Front side card readers, only if it includes a cable
The following types of memory
- SDRAM
- RAMBUS
- DDR
- SODIMMS
The following cards
- Any PCI cards
- Any PCI-e cards
- Any AGP cards
Power supplies
- (unless they are very difficult to remove)
Button batteries
3.5 inch face plates
5.25 inch curved DELL face plates (found in DELL systems only)
Half height card slot covers
Anything on the "Also Pull" list on the whiteboard.

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+Remove the following components:
-# Remove any DVD Drives
+{{Yellow Light Components Removable List}}
-# Remove any High Speed or Ultra Speed CD Drives
+*The following types of memory
-# Remove any front-side card readers if they have a cable attached. Keep the cable with it.
+** SDRAM
-# Remove the following types of memory
+** RAMBUS
-#* SDRAM
+** DDR
-#* RAMBUS
+** SODIMMS
-#* DDR
+*The following cards
-#* SODIMMS
+** Any PCI cards
-# Remove the following cards
+** Any PCI-e cards
-#* Remove any PCI cards
+** Any AGP cards
-#* Remove any PCI-e cards
+* Power supplies
-#* Remove any AGP cards
+** (unless they are very difficult to remove)
-# Remove power supplies
+*Button batteries
-#* (unless they are very difficult to remove)
+*3.5 inch face plates
-# Remove any button batteries
+*5.25 inch curved DELL face plates (found in DELL systems only)
-# Remove Macintosh batteries (in case you're taking apart a Mac)
+*Half height card slot covers
-# Remove 3.5 inch face plates
+*Anything on the "Also Pull" list on the whiteboard.
-# Remove 5.25 inch curved DELL face plates (found in DELL systems only)
-# Remove half height card slot covers
-# Remove anything on the "Also Pull" list on the whiteboard.
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