Integra128-T
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Hardware installation.
Before installing the sound card, please take note of any special points pertaining to the config-
uration of your computer. Also refer to the handbook of your computer and other expansion
cards for their settings.
Please observe the following instructions to ensure a trouble-free installation.
If difficulties arise nevertheless, please reread the relevant chapter in this handbook carefully.
WARNING! – Before opening the case, unplug the mains cable from the wall socket as
well as from the PC.
ESD (electrostatic discharge) may damage disk drives, add-on boards and other components.
The steps described should only be carried out at an ESD workstation. If one is not available,
you can prevent electrostatic discharge by wearing an antistatic arm band and holding it to a
metal part of the system housing.
Please note that opening the housing in no way breaches the conditions of guarantee provided
that you do not carry out any modifications to the hardware components inside. Any unautho-
rized expansion of the PC may however affect your rights under the terms of the guarantee. Any
such work should be discussed beforehand with your specialist dealer.
Now it’s time to arm yourself with a Phillips screwdriver.
And here’s what to do, step by step:
• Switch off your PC and all connected periphery, in other words printer, monitor and so on.
Leave the AC cord connected for the time being, so that your computer is still grounded.
• Touch the metal chassis at the rear of the PC to ground yourself and discharge static. Now un-
plug the cord from the AC mains socket.
• Remove the cover from the case of your PC.
• Look for a free PCI expansion slot, remove the screw holding the slot blanking plate and re-
move the plate. To ensure the optimal function of your sound card, look for an expansion slot
that is not immediately next to an already-installed card. Some cards, such as video adapters,
can send out signals which can interfere with the sound card.
• Carefully remove the sound card from its packaging and pick it up by the edges with one hand
while your other hand is resting on the metal of the PC case.
• This will ensure that your body is completely discharged via your computer without affecting
the sound card. Do not touch the components of the card under any circumstances.
• Align the holder at the rear of the sound card in the expansion slot in such a way that the
card’s connectors are directly in line with the slot’s socket.
• Carefully seat the card in the slot. You might have to press the card firmly into the slot to make
a good contact. Take care to ensure that the contacts are precisely in line, in order to avoid
damaging the sound card or the motherboard in your PC.
• Insert and tighten the screw from the slot cover to secure the sound card in its slot.
