HP Z220 SFF, Z220 CMT, Z420, Z620, and Z820 Workstations Maintenance and Service Guide

HP Z620 Workstation installation sequence recommendations
Load
order
Card description Slot 1 Slot 2 Slot 3 Slot 4 Slot 5 Slot 6
1
Second System Board
(Riser)
Only
2 First PCIe graphic card Only
3
Second PCIe graphic
card or High Performance
GPU Compute card
Only
4 PCIe 1394b card Only
5 Third PCIe graphics card Only
6
Fourth PCIe graphics
card
Only
7 Controller card 1st 2nd 3rd
8 PCIe audio card 4th 1st 2nd 3rd
9 PCIe Network (LAN) card 4th 1st 2nd 3rd
10 eSATA bulkhead kit 4th 1st 2nd 3rd
11 Serial port bulkhead 3rd 2nd 1st
NOTE: Slot sequenced from the rear I/O aperture to the board edge.
88 Chapter 3 Component replacement information and guidelines