Owners Manual

Figure 21. Installing the support bracket

Next steps

1. Follow the procedure listed in After working inside your system.

Expansion cards

NOTE:

A missing or an unsupported expansion card riser logs an System Event Log (SEL) event. This does not prevent

your system from powering on and no BIOS, POST messages or F1 or F2 pause is displayed.

Removing the expansion card riser 1

Prerequisites

NOTE:

Install an expansion card 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.

1. Follow the safety guidelines listed in Safety instructions.

2. Follow the procedure listed in Before working inside your system.

Steps

1. Using a Phillips #1 screw driver, remove the screws that secure the expansion card riser 1.

2. Holding the blue touch point, remove the expansion card riser from the chassis.

Installing and removing system components