User`s manual

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Hardware Installation
1. Turn off your computer and disconnect its AC power cord.
2. Open your computers case and locate its PCI Express slots. (Check the owner’s manual
of your PC if you are not sure how to do this)
3. Select a PCI Express slot to install the USB 3.0 card into (short and long slots will both
work), and remove the metal bracket or placeholder next to the slot.
4. Connect an available 4-pin power connector from your computer’s power supply to the
USB 3.0 Expansion card.
Note: Before handling the USB 3.0 Expansion Card, first ground yourself by touching
a large metal object such as the computer case.