Personal Computer Hardware Maintenance Manual
Table Of Contents
- Contents
- Chapter 1. About this manual
- Chapter 2. Safety information
- Chapter 3. General information
- Chapter 4. General checkout
- Chapter 5. Diagnostics
- Chapter 6. Using the Setup Utility
- Chapter 7. Symptom-to-FRU index
- Chapter 8. Replacing FRUs
- Locations
- Opening the computer cover
- Replacing the battery
- Replacing a memory module
- Replacing the adapter card
- Replacing the front audio and USB assembly
- Replacing the heat sink
- Replacing the microprocessor
- Replacing the system board
- Replacing the system fan
- Replacing the hard disk drive
- Replacing the optical drive
- Replacing the internal speaker
- Completing the FRU replacement
- Chapter 9. FRU lists
- Chapter 10. Additional service information
- Appendix. Notices

6. Rotate the adapter card retainer to the open position and remove the adapter
card being replaced by pulling it out of the adapter card slot.
7. Remove the new adapter card from its static-protective package.
8. Install the new adapter card into the adapter card slot. Make sure that the
adapter card is firmly fixed in the slot and does not move easily.
9. Close the adapter card retainer.
10. Slide the system board to the rear of the chassis and then pivot the system
board until it is locked by the mounting stud on each side of the cover.
11. Reconnect all cables that were disconnected from the system board.
12. Go to “Completing the FRU replacement” on page 106.
Figure 11. Removing the adapter card
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