Removing and Installing Parts
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5
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 (see page 123).
NOTE:
Installing filler brackets over empty card-slot openings is necessary to maintain FCC certification
of the computer. The brackets also keep dust and dirt out of your computer.
6
Lower the retention arm and press it into place, securing the card(s) in the computer.
NOTICE:
To connect a network cable, first plug the cable into the network wall jack and then plug it into
the computer.
7
Close the computer cover, reconnect the computer and devices to electrical outlets, and turn
them on.
8
Remove the card’s driver from the operating system.
9
If you removed an add-in network connector and want to enable the integrated network
adapter:
a
Enter system setup, select
Integrated Devices
, and then change the setting for
Network
Interface Card
to
On
.
b
Connect the network cable to the integrated connector on the back panel of the
computer.
PCI Express Cards
Your computer supports one PCI Express x16 card and one PCI Express x1 card.
If you are installing or replacing a PCI Express card, follow the procedures in the next section. If
you are removing but not replacing a PCI Express card, see "Removing a PCI Express Card" on
page 81.
If you are replacing a card, remove the current driver for the card from the operating system.
If you are installing or replacing a PCI card, see "Installing a PCI Card" on page 74.
PCI Express x16
card
PCI Express x16
card slot
PCI Express x1
card
PCI Express x1
card slot
