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Removing a PCI Express x16 Expansion Card, Removing a Standard PCI Expansion Card

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b. If you are removing a standard PCI card or PCI Express x1 card, hold the card at each end and carefully rock it back and forth until the connectors pull free from the socket. Lift the card straight up to remove it. Be sure not to scrape the card against other components. NOTE: Before removing an installed expansion card, disconnect any cables that may be attached to the expansion card. Figure 2-12 Removing a Standard PCI Expansion Card c. If you are removing a PCI Express x16 card, pull the retention arm on the back of the expansion socket away from the card and carefully rock the card back and forth until the connectors pull free from the socket. Lift the card straight up to remove it. Be sure not to scrape the card against other components. Figure 2-13 Removing a PCI Express x16 Expansion Card 22 Chapter 2 Hardware Upgrades ENWW

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b.
If you are removing a standard PCI card or PCI Express x1 card, hold the card at each end
and carefully rock it back and forth until the connectors pull free from the socket. Lift the card
straight up to remove it. Be sure not to scrape the card against other components.
NOTE:
Before removing an installed expansion card, disconnect any cables that may be
attached to the expansion card.
Figure 2-12
Removing a Standard PCI Expansion Card
c.
If you are removing a PCI Express x16 card, pull the retention arm on the back of the expansion
socket away from the card and carefully rock the card back and forth until the connectors pull
free from the socket. Lift the card straight up to remove it. Be sure not to scrape the card
against other components.
Figure 2-13
Removing a PCI Express x16 Expansion Card
22
Chapter 2
Hardware Upgrades
ENWW