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Removing and Replacing Expansion Card(s

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Removing and Replacing Expansion Card(s) To remove a card: 1. Follow the instructions in "Before You Begin" on page 34. 2. Remove the side panel (see "Removing and Replacing the Side Panel" on page 36). 3. Press the shroud button and rotate the shroud away from the computer. 2 4. Locate the expansion card on the system board (see "Inside View of Your Computer" on page 37). 5. Disconnect any cables connected to the card (if applicable). 6. Remove the screw that secures the card to the chassis. 7. Remove the card. • For a PCI Express x1 card, grasp the card by its top corners, and ease it out of its connector. • For a PCI Express x16 card, press the securing tab on the card connector as you grasp the card by its top corners, and then ease the card out of the connector. 1 1 1 shroud 2 shroud button 42 CHAPTER 4: INSTALLING ADDITIONAL OR REPLACEMENT COMPONENTS 2 3 1 PCI Express x16 card 3 connector 2 securing tab NOTE: If you are not replacing a card, install a filler bracket in the empty card-slot opening.

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CHAPTER 4: INSTALLING ADDITIONAL OR REPLACEMENT COMPONENTS
Locate the expansion card on the system board (see “Inside View of Your
4.
Computer“ on page 37).
Disconnect any cables connected to the card (if applicable).
5.
Remove the screw that secures the card to the chassis.
6.
Remove the card.
7.
For a PCI Express x1 card, grasp the card by its top corners, and ease it
•
out of its connector.
For a PCI Express x16 card, press the securing tab on the card connector
•
as you grasp the card by its top corners, and then ease the card out of
the connector.
2
3
1
1
PCI Express x16 card
2
securing tab
3
connector
NOTE:
If you are not replacing a card, install a filler bracket in the empty
card-slot opening.
Removing and Replacing Expansion Card(s)
To remove a card:
Follow the instructions in “Before You Begin” on page
1.
34.
Remove the side panel (see “Removing and Replacing the Side Panel“ on
2.
page 36).
Press the shroud button and rotate the shroud away from the computer.
3.
1
2
1
shroud
2
shroud button