Front-panel inserts, Expansion cards – Dell Precision 420 User Manual
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Front-Panel Inserts
Figure 5. 5.25-Inch Front-Panel Insert Removal
To remove a 5.25-inch front-panel insert, perform the following steps:
1. Hold the inverted top cover with the front facing you.
2. From the front of the top cover, use your thumbs to press inward on the insert until it snaps free of the cover.
To replace a 5.25-inch front-panel insert, position the two ring tabs over the posts on the inside of the bay opening, and then press the ring tabs
over the posts.
Expansion Cards
The Dell Precision 420 systems provide five 32-bit Peripheral Component Interconnect (PCI) expansion card slots. Slot 5 is shared with the RAID
port function.
The system contains five 32-bit expansion slots and a 32-bit AGP Pro 50 (4X) slot. If you use an AGP Pro 50 card, it occupies the AGP slot and
may occupy PCI slots 1 and 2. (See
Figure 6. Expansion Cards
1 Externally accessible drive bays
2 Hard-disk drive bracket
3 System board
4 Expansion card slots
5 Padlock ring
6 I/O panel connectors
7 Security cable slot
8 AC power receptacle
9 Power supply
10 Drive data cable
1 Front-panel insert
2 Ring tabs (2)
3 Posts (2)
NOTE: Before disconnecting a peripheral from the system or removing a component from the system board, verify that the standby
power LED on the system board has turned off. For the location of this LED, see
.