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Remove the expansion cards – Dell OptiPlex GX100 User Manual

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Expansion-Card Removal

To remove an expansion card, perform the following steps:

1.

Remove the computer cover

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2. If necessary, disconnect any cables connected to the card.

3. Remove the screw on the mounting bracket of the card you want to remove.

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

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

6. Replace the computer cover, and reconnect your computer and peripherals to their power sources and turn them on.

7. To reset the chassis intrusion detector, enter System Setup and reset Chassis Intrusion to Enabled or Enabled-Silent.

See the online System User's Guide for detailed information on the Intrusion detector.

Expansion-Card Installation

Figure 20. Expansion-Card Installation

To install an expansion card, perform the following steps:

1. Prepare the expansion card for installation, and

remove the computer cover

.

CAUTION: Use a wrist grounding strap as explained in "

Precautionary Measures

."

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.

NOTE: After you remove and replace the cover, the chassis intrusion detector will cause the following message to be displayed at the
next system start-up:

ALERT! Cover was previously removed.

NOTE: If a setup password has been assigned by someone else, contact your network administrator for information on resetting the
chassis intrusion detector.

1 Expansion card

2 Card-edge connector

3 Riser board

4 Expansion-card connector

5 Expansion-card cage

CAUTION: Use a wrist grounding strap as explained in "

Precautionary Measures

."

CAUTION: Some network cards automatically start the system when they are connected. To guard
against electrical shock, be sure to unplug your computer from its electrical outlet before installing
any expansion cards