17
Installation of Expansion Cards
Y
ou can insta
ll y
our expansion card b
y
fo
ll
o
w
ing the steps out
l
ined be
l
o
w
:
1.
Read the re
l
ated expansion card's instruction document before insta
ll
ing the expansion card into the computer.
2
.
Remo
v
e
y
our computer's chassis co
v
er, scre
w
s and s
l
ot bracket from the computer.
3.
Press the expansion card firm
ly
into expansion s
l
ot in motherboard.
4.
Be sure the meta
l
contacts on the card are indeed seated in the s
l
ot.
5.
Rep
l
ace the scre
w
to secure the s
l
ot bracket of the expansion card.
6.
Rep
l
ace
y
our computer's chassis co
v
er.
7.
Po
w
er on the computer, if necessar
y
, setup BIO
S
uti
l
it
y
of expansion card from BIO
S
.
8.
Insta
ll
re
l
ated dri
v
er from the operating s
y
stem.
Insta
ll
ing a AGP expansion card:
AGP Card
2
. C
l
ose the p
l
astic c
l
ip at both edges of
the DIMM sockets to
l
ock the DIMM
modu
l
e. Re
v
erse the insta
ll
ation steps
w
hen
y
ou
w
ish to remo
v
e the DIMM
modu
l
e.
P
l
ease carefu
lly
pu
ll
out the sma
ll
w
hite-dra
w
ab
l
e bar at the end of the
AGP s
l
ot
w
hen
y
ou tr
y
to
insta
ll
/uninsta
ll
the
V
GA card. P
l
ease
a
l
ign the
V
GAcard to the onboard AGP
s
l
ot and press firm
ly
do
w
n on the s
l
ot.
Make sure
y
our
V
GA card is
l
ocked b
y
the sma
ll w
hite-dra
w
ab
l
e bar.
