Users Guide

support.dell.com Installing System Board Options 8-3
3. Disconnect any cables connected to expansion cards through the back-panel
openings.
4. Disconnect any internal cables connected to expansion cards.
5. Remove the riser board, together with installed expansion cards, from the
system board.
6. Remove the expansion card from its slot on the riser board (see Figure 8-3).
7. If you are removing the card permanently, install a metal filler bracket over the
empty card-slot opening.
NOTE: Installing a filler bracket over an empty expansion slot is necessary 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.
8. Replace the cover, and then reconnect the system and peripherals to their AC
power sources and power them on.
Figure 8-3. Expansion Card Removal
expansion cards (2)
(low-profile PCI slot contains
video controller)
riser board
riser board sockets
J20 (left) and J13
(right)
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