Owners Manual

6. If you are removing the card permanently, install a metal filler bracket over the empty expansion slot

opening and close the expansion-card latch.

NOTE: You must install a filler bracket over an empty expansion 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.

7. Close the system.

8. Reconnect the system to its electrical outlet and turn the system on, including any attached

peripherals.

Figure 24. Removing and Installing the Expansion Card

1. expansion card 2. expansion-card latch

3. expansion-card connector 4. expansion-card riser