Dell GX280DT User Guide - Page 168

If necessary, disconnect any cables connected to the card.

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1 bracket within slot 2 bracket caught outside of slot 3 fully seated card 4 not fully seated card 6. Release the card lever, ensuring that the tab fits into the notch on the front end of the card. 7. Secure the card by lowering the hinged lever on the back panel. 8. Close the computer cover. 9. Attach the computer stand (optional). NOTICE: To connect a network cable, first plug the cable into the network wall jack and then plug it into the computer. 10. Connect your computer and devices to electrical outlets, and turn them on. After you open and close the cover, the chassis intrusion detector, if installed and enabled, causes the following message to appear on the screen at the next computer start-up: ALERT! Cover was previously removed. 11. Reset the chassis intrusion detector by changing Chassis Intrusion to On or On-Silent. NOTE: If an admin password has been assigned by someone else, contact your network administrator for information on resetting the chassis intrusion detector. 12. If you installed a sound card, perform the following steps: a. Enter system setup, select Audio Controller, and change the setting to Off. b. Connect external audio devices to the sound card's connectors. Do not connect external audio devices to the microphone, speaker/headphone, or line-in connectors on the back panel. 13. If you installed an add-in network adapter and want to turn off the integrated network adapter: a. Enter system setup, select Network Controller and change the setting to Off. b. Connect the network cable to the add-in network adapter's connectors. Do not connect the network cable to the integrated connector on the back panel. 14. Install any drivers required for the card as described in the card documentation. Removing a PCI Express x16 Card 1. Follow the procedures in "Before You Begin." 2. If necessary, disconnect any cables connected to the card. 3. Remove the card as instructed in step 2 in the preceding section.

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6.
Release the card lever, ensuring that the tab fits into the notch on the front end of the card.
7.
Secure the card by lowering the hinged lever on the back panel.
8.
Close the computer cover.
9.
Attach the computer stand
(optional).
10.
Connect your computer and devices to electrical outlets, and turn them on.
After you open and close the cover, the chassis intrusion detector, if installed and enabled, causes the following message to appear on the screen at
the next computer start-up:
ALERT! Cover was previously removed.
11.
Reset the chassis intrusion detector
by changing
Chassis Intrusion
to
On
or
On-Silent
.
12.
If you installed a sound card, perform the following steps:
a.
Enter system setup
, select
Audio Controller
, and change the setting to
Off
.
b.
Connect external audio devices to the sound card's connectors. Do not connect external audio devices to the microphone, speaker/headphone,
or line-in connectors on the back panel.
13.
If you installed an add-in network adapter and want to turn off the integrated network adapter:
a.
Enter system setup
, select
Network Controller
and change the setting to
Off
.
b.
Connect the network cable to the add-in network adapter's connectors. Do not connect the network cable to the integrated connector on the
back panel.
14.
Install any drivers required for the card as described in the card documentation.
Removing a PCI Express x16 Card
1.
Follow the procedures in "
Before You Begin
."
2.
If necessary, disconnect any cables connected to the card.
3.
Remove the card as instructed in
step 2
in the preceding section.
1
bracket within slot
2
bracket caught outside of slot
3
fully seated card
4
not fully seated card
NOTICE:
To connect a network cable, first plug the cable into the network wall jack and then plug it into the computer.
NOTE:
If an admin password has been assigned by someone else, contact your network administrator for information on resetting the chassis intrusion
detector.