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Removing an expansion card – Dell OptiPlex GX240 User Manual

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a

Enter system setup

, select Integrated Devices, and change the

setting for Sound to Off.

b

Connect external audio devices to the sound card’s connectors.

Do not connect external audio devices to the microphone,

speaker/headphone, or line-in connectors on the I/O panel (see

I/O Panel—Small Form-Factor, Desktop, and Mini-Tower

Computers

”).

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If you installed an add-in network adapter, perform the following steps:

a

Enter system setup

, select Integrated Devices and change the

setting for Network Interface Card to Off.

b

Connect the network cable to the add-in network adapter’s

connectors. Do not connect the network cable to the integrated

connector on the I/O panel (see “

I/O Panel—Small Form-Factor,

Desktop, and Mini-Tower Computers

”).

Removing an Expansion Card

CAUTION:

Before you perform this procedure, see “

Safety First—

For You and Your Computer

.”

NOTICE:

Before disconnecting a device from the computer, wait 10 to 20

seconds after disconnecting the computer from its electrical outlet. Before
removing a component from the system board, verify that the standby power
light on the system board has turned off. To locate this light, see

System

Board Components

.”

1

Turn off the computer and devices, disconnect them from their

electrical outlets, and wait 10 to 20 seconds.

2

Open the computer cover

.

3

In the small desktop computer,

remove the expansion-card cage

.

4

Press the lever on the expansion card retention arm and raise the

retention arm (see the illustration for your computer in “

Installing an

Expansion Card

”).

5

If necessary, disconnect any cables connected to the card.

6

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

7

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

empty card-slot opening.
If you need a filler bracket,

contact Dell

.