Dell 2100/180, 2100/200 manual Removing an Expansion Card, Installing an Expansion Card

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mounting screw

expansion card

card-guide slots

card-edge connector(inside front of computer)

Figure 7-4. Installing an Expansion Card

7.When the card is firmly seated in the connector and the card-mounting bracket is flush with the brackets on either side of it, secure the bracket with the screw you removed in step 4.

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

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

9.Replace the computer cover according to the instructions in “Replacing the Computer Cover” in Chapter 6, reconnect your computer and peripherals to their power sources, and turn them on.

10.If you are installing an EISA expansion card, start the EISA Configuration Utility and add the new card to your configuration.

See Chapter 5, “Using the EISA Configuration Util- ity,” for instructions.

Removing an Expansion Card

Follow this general procedure to remove an expansion card:

1.If you are relocating or permanently removing an ISA expansion card, enter the change into the EISA Configuration Utility.

See Chapter 5, “Using the EISA Configuration Util- ity,” for instructions.

2.Remove the computer cover according to the instructions in “Removing the Computer Cover” in Chapter 6.

CAUTION: See “Protecting Against Electro- static Discharge” in the safety instructions at the front of this guide.

3.With the cover removed, lay the computer (left side up) on a flat work surface so that you have access to the expansion card slots.

4.If necessary, disconnect any cables connected to the expansion card.

5.Unscrew the card-mounting bracket (Figure 7-3).

6.Grasp the expansion card by its outside corners, and ease it out of its connector.

7.If you are removing the expansion card perma- nently, install a metal filler bracket over the empty card-slot opening.

NOTE: Installing filler brackets over empty card- slot openings is necessary to maintain Federal Communications Commission (FCC) certification of the system. The brackets also keep dust and dirt out of the computer and aid in proper cooling and air- flow inside the computer.

8.Replace the computer cover according to the instructions in “Replacing the Computer Cover” in Chapter 6, reconnect your computer and peripherals to their power sources, and turn them on.

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Dell 2100/180, 2100/200 manual Removing an Expansion Card, Installing an Expansion Card

2100/180, 2100/200 specifications

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