Learn how to install a graphics processing unit (GPU) in the IBM®
Power® System S822LC (8335-GTB) system.
About this task
Attention: For safety and airflow purposes, if you remove parts from
the system, you must ensure that:
- PCIe tailstock fillers are present
- Graphic processor unit (GPU) airflow tunnels are present.
Procedure
- Attach the electrostatic discharge
(ESD) wrist strap.
Attention: - Attach an electrostatic discharge (ESD)
wrist strap to the front ESD jack, to the rear ESD jack, or to an unpainted metal surface of your
hardware to prevent the electrostatic discharge from damaging your hardware.
- When you use an ESD wrist strap, follow all
electrical safety procedures. An ESD wrist strap is used for static control. It does not increase or
decrease your risk of receiving electric shock when using or working on electrical
equipment.
- If you do not have an ESD wrist strap, just prior
to removing the product from ESD packaging and installing or replacing hardware, touch an unpainted
metal surface of the system for a minimum of 5 seconds.
- Remove the two GPU airflow tunnels that
cover the GPUs.
- Remove the GPU from the protective packaging. Remove the protective covers from the bottom of
the GPU. Remove the cover starting with the corner of the cover.
- Remove the GPU socket protective covers from the system backplane and from the GPU.
- Carefully align the GPU and heat sink such that the alignment pins fit into the
system backplane. Ensure that the arrow on
the heatsink that indicates airflow points to the rear of the chassis. Insert the GPU into the
system backplane. See Figure 1.
Figure 1. Installing the GPU and heat sink into GPU socket
- Secure the GPU to the system backplane.
Use a #2 Phillips head screw driver. Tighten the screws in the sequence shown in Figure 1. Start with the inner four screws. Thread the inner four
screws half-way using the sequence shown. Once all four screws are threaded, then fully tighten
them. Next tighten the outer four screws using the sequence shown.
- Repeat steps 3 through 6 for
the second GPU.
- Replace the two GPU airflow tunnels that
cover the GPUs. Use the alignment pins to properly insert the tunnels into the chassis.
