HP Cluster Platform Server and Workstation Overview

5.3.9.2 Removing and Installing PCI Express Cards
Figure 5-21 Installing PCI Card Holders
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To remove a PCI Express Card, refer to the callouts in Figure 5-22, and follow these steps:
1. Disconnect power from the system and remove the access panel. Remove the PCI card
support, if installed.
2. Lift the PCI levers (callout 1) by first pressing down and then up.
3. Remove the power supply cable (callout 2), if installed, and press in on the “hockey stick”
lever (callout 3) while lifting the card (callout 4) out of the chassis. Store the card in an
antistatic bag.
4. Install a PCI slot cover and close the PCI levers. If the PCI levers do not close, be sure all of
the cards are properly seated and then try again.
Figure 5-22 Removing PCI Express Cards
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To install a PCI Express card, refer to the callouts in Figure 5-23, and follow these steps:
1. Disconnect power from the system, remove the access panel and remove the PCI card
support, if installed.
2. Lift the PCI levers (callout 1) by first pressing down and then up.
3. Remove the PCI slot cover (callout 2).
4. Lower the PCI Express (callout 3) card into the chassis. Verify that the keyed components
of the card align with the socket.
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