The following chapter will give you an overview on how to install an maintain your RECS®|Box.
When working on the RECS®|Box always wear ESD protection equipment.
When removing a Carrier always work very carefully and do not bend the baseboards nor use greater force to get them into place.
When changing a module shut down all modules on the respective carrier and turn the power for the modules off in the managemant GUI.
The rest of the system can stay powered.
Before installing a COM Express module check if the RAM is installed, and that the heatspreader is correctly mounted, and depending on the module if all thermal pads are in place. Also the orientation of the heatsink fins has to follow the airflow trough the case. The cooling fins have to point from the front to the back of the carrier.
The screwholes where the module lays on the spacer bolts (8 mm in height) have to be free. Or smaller spacer bolts (5 mm high) have to be installed.
When starting the module for the first time after installation, it is necessary to set the time again, as the modules don't have an own battery and are provided with electricity for the clock by the battery on the RECS|Box backplane.
A fan that has damaged blades schould be replaced immediately, because the bearing will break very fast due to the imbalance and resulting vibrations.
When changing a fan on a working system watch out that the system is not overheating during the changing process.