Owners Manual

Figure 24. Installing the expansion card ller bracket

Next step

Install the expansion card or the expansion card ller bracket.

Installing an expansion card

Prerequisites

CAUTION

: Expansion cards can only be installed in the slots on the expansion card riser. Do not attempt to install expansion

cards directly into the riser connector on the system board.

1 Follow the safety guidelines listed in Safety instructions.

2 Unpack the expansion card and prepare it for installation. For instructions, see the documentation accompanying the card.

Steps

1 If installed, remove the ller bracket by performing the following steps:

a Remove the screw that secures the ller bracket.

b Hold the ller bracket by its edges, and carefully remove it from the riser card.

NOTE

: You must install an expansion card ller bracket over an empty expansion slot to maintain Federal

Communications Commission (FCC) certication of the system. The brackets also keep dust and dirt out of the

system and aid in proper cooling and airow inside the system.

2 Holding the card by its edges, position the card so that the card edge connector aligns with the connector on the riser card.

3 Insert the card edge connector and push the card rmly into the riser card until the card is fully seated.

4 Replace the screw that secures the expansion card.

Installing and removing system components