Setup guide

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• Carefully slide the front of the card down
into slot 2’s grey plastic PCIe card support
(where the slot numbers appear), as in
Figure 5.
• With the card’s PCIe connectors facing
down, carefully slide the card straight
down and firmly seat the card’s PCIe con-
nector into the slot 2’s PCIe slot, making
sure that all card components on the front
of the card have clearance from the grey
plastic PCI card support, as in Figure 6.
9 Install the first expansion card (if any) in the
second slot (slot 3).
10 Install the second expansion card (if any) in
slot 4.
11 If you are installing a SCSI host bus adapter
(HBA) card, install it in the highest-numbered
remaining slot.
12 Check to be sure that your cards are installed
in the proper order for your system, starting
with the lowest numeric slot:
• Display card for your computer monitor
• Accel Core (for PCIe) card
• HD Accel (for PCIe) cards
• Digidesign-approved video capture card
• SCSI host bus adapter (HBA) card
13 Replace the SATA drives.
14 Reattach the clamp that secures the cards
and the slot covers to the chassis.
Figure 5. Sliding the front of the card into PCIe card
support
Figure 6. Figure 3. PCIe connectors facing down
Do not force the card into the PCI card sup-
port slot. When you have the correct instal-
lation angle, the card should slide in easily.
If you do not have the correct angle, reposi-
tion the card.
The card’s PCIe connectors will not seat
completely until you have replaced the
clamp that secures the cards and the metal
access port covers to the chassis.