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If your computer's operating system does not support hot-plug PCI cards, or the expansion card itself does not support hot-plug removal, shut down the system, including any attached peripherals, and disconnect the system from its electrical outlet.

3.If you are replacing an expansion card, remove the existing card by following steps 3 through 6 of "Removing an Expansion Card" found earlier in this chapter.

4.Prepare the expansion card for installation.

See the documentation that came with the expansion card for information on configuring the card, making internal connections, or otherwise customizing the card for the system.

5.To remove the expansion-slot filler bracket from an unoccupied expansion slot, rotate the latch away from the expansion-card bracket to release the bracket (see Figure 8-4).

6.Insert the card-edge connector firmly into the expansion-card connector on the chassis.

7.When the card is firmly seated in the connector and the card-mounting bracket is aligned with the brackets on either side of it, close the expansion-card latch.

8.If the expansion card is a full-length card, secure the inner end of the card by closing the plastic latch on the card guide over the top edge of the card (see Figure 8-4).

9.Connect any cables that should be attached to the card.

See the documentation that came with the card for information about cable connections.

10.If your computer uses the Windows 2000 operating system, press the PCI hot- plug switch again to restore power to the expansion slot (see Figure 8-3).

The green LED adjacent to the expansion slot will flash and then remain illumi- nated when power is restored.

11.Close the panel doors.

NOTES: If connectors PCI6 and PCI7 are both empty and you hot-add a 66-MHz card, the card will operate at 33 MHz until you reboot the system.

Installing a 33-MHz card in either connector will limit the bus speed of both connec- tors to 33 MHz.

If PCI6 or PCI7 is occupied by a card running at 66-MHz and you hot-add a 33-MHz card in the empty 66-MHz slot, you must reset the system so that the 33-MHz expan- sion card is activated; both cards will then run at 33-MHz.

12.If your computer uses the NetWare 5.0 operating system, run the ncmcon.nlm utility to restore power to the expansion slot occupied by the new PCI expansion card.

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