Owners Manual

Installing an expansion card into expansion card riser

Prerequisites

1 Follow the safety guidelines listed in Safety instructions.

2 Unpack the expansion card and prepare it for installation.

NOTE: For instructions, see the documentation accompanying the card.

NOTE: When installing a card into the riser 1, open the PCIe card holder latch. If applicable, open the PCIe guide and then install

the expansion card.

Steps

1 If applicable, lift the expansion card latch and remove the ller bracket.

NOTE: Store the ller bracket for future use. Filler brackets must be installed in empty expansion card slots to maintain

Federal Communications Commission (FCC) certication of the system. The brackets also keep dust and dirt out of the

system and aid in proper cooling and airow inside the system.

Figure 42. Removing the metal ller bracket on Riser 1A

2 Hold the card by its edges, and align the card edge connector with the expansion card connector on the riser.

3 Insert the card edge connector rmly into the expansion card connector until the card is fully seated.

4 Close the expansion card latch.

Installing and removing system components