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4

Press the lever on the retention arm and raise the retention arm (see
the illustration for your computer in “

Installing an Expansion Card

”).

5

If necessary, disconnect any cables connected to the card.

6

Grasp the card by its top corners, and ease it out of its connector.

7

If you are removing the card permanently, install a filler bracket in the
empty card-slot opening.

If you need a filler bracket,

contact Dell

.

NOTE:

Installing filler brackets over empty card-slot openings is

necessary to maintain Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
certification of the computer. The brackets also keep dust and dirt out of
your computer.

8

Lower the retention arm and press it into place, securing the
expansion card(s) in the computer.

9

If you have a small desktop computer,

replace the expansion-card cage

.

10

Close the computer cover

, reconnect the computer and devices to

their electrical outlets, and turn them on.

NOTE:

After you open and close the cover, the chassis intrusion detector

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

Enabled or Enabled-Silent.

NOTE:

If a setup password has been assigned by someone else, contact

your network administrator for information on resetting the chassis
intrusion detector.

12

If you removed a sound card, perform the following steps:

a

Enter system setup

, select Integrated Devices, and change the

setting for Sound to On.

b

Connect external audio devices to the audio connectors on the I/O
panel (see “

I/O Panel—Small Form-Factor, Desktop, and Mini-

Tower Computers

”).

13

If you removed an add-in network adapter, perform the following steps:

a

Enter system setup

, select Integrated Devices and change the

setting for Network Interface Card to On.