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Chapter 3: Maintenance and Component Installation
Figure 3-11. Riser Card Bracket and Expansion Slot
Installing Expansion Cards
The system accepts one low profile expansion card, mounted on a riser bracket (or two more
in the rear instead of a GPU).
Installing an Expansion Card
1. Remove power from the system as described in Section 3.1 and remove the cover as
described in Section 3.2.
2. Locate the riser card bracket and the riser card.
3. Remove the PCI slot shield at the rear of the chassis.
4. Attach the riser card to the riser card bracket using screws.
5. Insert the riser card into the motherboard expansion slot while aligning the riser card
bracket with the rear of the chassis. Secure the bracket with screws.
6. Insert the expansion card into a slot on the riser card while aligning the expansion card
backplate with the open slot in the rear of the chassis.
Riser Card Expansion Slot
