Service Manual

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 13).
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 turn
them on.
Figure 13. Expansion Card Removal
1 Expansion cards (2)
2 Riser board
3 Riser board sockets J20 (left) and
J13 (right)