Hardware Reference Guide
Table Of Contents
- Product features
- Hardware upgrades
- Warnings and cautions
- Preparing for disassembly
- Accessing the tool kit
- Replacing or installing drives
- Removing and replacing the access panel
- Installing system memory
- Installing graphics cards
- Removing the PCI fan
- Installing a system board
- Removing the hard drive fan
- Installing a power supply
- Installing a radiator bracket for liquid cooling
- Cleaning filters
- Electrostatic discharge
- Computer operating guidelines and routine care
- Accessibility
- Index
Installing graphics cards
You can install multiple graphics cards and associated fans.
1. Prepare the computer for disassembly (Preparing for disassembly on page 8).
2. Remove the access panel (Removing and replacing the access panel on page 18).
3. To install a graphics card:
a. Locate the a vacant expansion socket on the system board and the corresponding expansion slot
on the back of the case.
b. Remove the expansion slot cover by removing the screw at the top of the cover (1), and then lifting
the cover out of the case (2).
c. Insert a graphics card into the expansion socket (1).
d. Install two screws into the left side of the graphics card (2).
e. Connect any necessary cables to the graphics card.
4. To install a graphics card fan:
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