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Removing and installing pci and pci express cards – Dell Dimension 9150/XPS 400 User Manual

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Removing and Installing Parts: Dell Dimension 9150 Service Manual

file:///T|/htdocs/systems/dim9150/en/sm/parts.htm[10/31/2012 7:59:36 AM]

Your Dell™ computer provides the following slots for PCI and PCI Express cards:

Three 33-MHz PCI card slots

One PCI Express x1 card slot

One PCI Express x16 card slot

One PCI Express x4 card slot

Removing and Installing PCI and PCI Express Cards

NOTE:

Dell offers an optional customer kit for Audigy II and IEEE 1394 PCI add-in-cards that includes a front-mounted

IEEE 1394 connector.

1. If you are replacing a card, remove the current driver for the card from the operating system.

2. Follow the procedures in "

Before You Begin

."

3. Remove the

computer cover

.