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Microprocessor, Upgrading the microprocessor – Dell Precision 330 User Manual

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Installing Upgrades

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5

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

6

If you are removing the card permanently, install a filler bracket in the

empty card-slot opening, using the screw you removed in

step 4

.

If you need a filler bracket,

contact Dell

and order part number 81808.

NOTE:

Installing filler brackets over empty card-slot openings is

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

7

If you removed the AGP brace, replace it.

8

Replace the computer cover, reconnect the computer and peripherals

to their electrical outlets, and turn them on.

NOTE:

If enabled, the

Chassis Intrusion

option will cause the following

message to be displayed at the next system start-up:

ALERT! Cover was previously removed.

9

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

system back panel (see "

Back-Panel Connectors and Indicators

").

10

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

a

Enter

system setup

, select Integrated Devices and change the

setting for Network Interface Card to On.

b

Connect the network cable to the integrated NIC connector on

the system back panel (see "

Back-Panel Connectors and

Indicators

").

Microprocessor

Upgrading the Microprocessor

NOTE:

Dell recommends that only a technically knowledgeable person

perform this procedure.