3.
Disconnect any cables connected to the expansion card or expansion card riser.
4.
If installed, remove the expansion card riser.
Steps
1.
Hold the expansion card by its edges and remove it from the expansion card riser connector.
2.
If you are removing the card permanently, install a filler bracket in the empty expansion card slot and
close the expansion card latch.
NOTE: You must install a filler bracket over an empty expansion card slot to maintain Federal
Communications Commission (FCC) certification of the system. The brackets also keep dust
and dirt out of the system and aid in proper cooling and airflow inside the system.
Figure 52. Removing an expansion card from the expansion card riser
1.
expansion card riser
2. expansion card riser connector
3. expansion card latch
4. expansion card
Next steps
1.
Install the expansion card.
2.
Install the expansion card riser
3.
Follow the procedure listed in the After working inside your system section.
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Before working inside your system
Removing the expansion card riser
Installing an expansion card
Installing the expansion card riser
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