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Question posted by prger on May 12th, 2014

How To Install A Fan In A Dell Poweredge 840 Server

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Answer #1: Posted by MWatDell on May 19th, 2014 12:12 AM

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Hi prger

Please refer to this manual on Page 65 on how to install a fan in a Dell PowerEdge 840:
ftp://ftp.dell.com/Manuals/all-products/esuprt_ser_stor_net/esuprt_poweredge/poweredge-840_Owner's%20Manual_en-us.pdf

Hope this helps.

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