3 install an expansion card – Foxconn BLACKOPS User Manual

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2-3 Install an expansion Card

Follow the steps below to correctly install your expansion card in the expansion slot.
1. Locate an expansion slot that supports your card. Remove the metal slot cover from the chassis

back panel.

2. Align the card with the slot, and press down on the card until it is fully seated in the slot.
3. Make sure the metal contacts on the card are completely inserted into the slot.
4. Secure the card's metal bracket to the chassis back panel with a screw.
5. After installing all expansion cards, replace the chassis cover.
6. Turn on your computer. If necessary, go to BIOS Setup to make any required BIOS changes for

your expansion card(s).

7. Install the driver provided with the expansion card in your operating system.

Installing and Removing a PCI Express x16 Graphics Card :
• Installing a Graphics Card:
Gently insert the graphics card into the PCI Express x16 slot.
Make sure the graphics card is locked by the latch at the end of
the PCI Express x16 slot.

• Removing the Card:

Push the latch at the end of the PCI Express x16 slot to release
the card and then pull the card straight up from the slot.

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Make sure the motherboard supports the expansion card. Carefully read the manual

that came with your expansion card.

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Always turn off the computer and unplug the power cord from the power outlet before

installing an expansion card to prevent hardware damage.

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The PCI-E3_X16 slot will work at PCI Express x4 mode. We suggest that you had

better install the expansion card into the PCI-E1_X16 slot or PCI-E2_X16 slot, then

expansion card into the PCI-E1_X16 slot or PCI-E2_X16 slot, then

into the PCI-E1_X16 slot or PCI-E2_X16 slot, then

PCI-E1_X16 slot or PCI-E2_X16 slot, then

it can achieve better performance.

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