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Installation of Expansion Cards - drivers

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English 1-5 Installation of Expansion Cards You can install your expansion card by following the steps outlined below: 1. Read the related expansion card's instruction document before install the expansion card into the computer. 2. Remove your computer's chassis cover, screws and slot bracket from the computer. 3. Press the expansion card firmly into expansion slot in motherboard. 4. Be sure the metal contacts on the card are indeed seated in the slot. 5. Replace the screw to secure the slot bracket of the expansion card. 6. Replace your computer's chassis cover. 7. Power on the computer, if necessary, setup BIOS utility of expansion card from BIOS. 8. Install related driver from the operating system. For example: Installing a PCI Express x16 VGA card: Please carefully pull out the small whitedrawable bar at the end of the PCI Express x16 slot when you try to install/ uninstall the VGA card. Please align the VGA card to the onboard PCI Express x16 slot and press firmly down on the slot. Make sure your VGA card is locked by the small white-drawable bar. To release an installed card, users can also press the latch on the opposite side of the drawable bar as the picture to the left shows. GA-945GM(F)-DS2 (rev. 2.0) Motherboard - 16 -

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GA-945GM(F)-DS2 (rev. 2.0) Motherboard
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English
1-5
Installation of Expansion Cards
You can install your expansion card by following the steps outlined below:
1.
Read the related expansion card's instruction document before install the expansion card into the
computer.
2.
Remove your computer's chassis cover, screws and slot bracket from the computer.
3.
Press the expansion card firmly into expansion slot in motherboard.
4.
Be sure the metal contacts on the card are indeed seated in the slot.
5.
Replace the screw to secure the slot bracket of the expansion card.
6.
Replace your computer's chassis cover.
7.
Power on the computer, if necessary, setup BIOS utility of expansion card from BIOS.
8.
Install related driver from the operating system.
For example: Installing a PCI Express x16 VGA card:
To release an installed card, users can
also press the latch on the opposite side
of the drawable bar as the picture to the
left shows.
Please carefully pull out the small white-
drawable bar at the end of the PCI Ex-
press x16 slot when you try to install/
uninstall the VGA card. Please align the
VGA card to the onboard PCI Express
x16 slot and press firmly down on the
slot. Make sure your VGA card is locked
by the small white-drawable bar.