Installing the card and related peripherals, Installing the sound card – HP Pavilion 9723 Desktop PC User Manual
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Installing the Card and Related Peripherals: Sound
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Installing Related Peripherals
Installing the Sound Card
WARNING: Do not force the audio card into the slot. If it does not fit properly,
gently remove it and try again.
Switch off your system and all peripheral devices.
1.
Touch a metal plate on your system to ground yourself and to discharge any static
electricity, and then unplug the power cord from the wall outlet.
2.
Remove the cover from your system.
3.
Remove the metal plate from an unused PCI expansion slot in your system and put the
screw aside, to be used later.
4.
Align the audio card with the vacant PCI expansion slot. Press the card gently and evenly
into the slot as shown. Ensure that the card sits firmly inside the PCI expansion slot.
5.
Secure the card to the expansion slot with a screw.
6.
Replace the cover onto your system.
7.
Plug the power cord back into the wall outlet, and switch on the system.
8.
Figure 1. Securing the audio card to the PCI expansion slot.
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