Dell GX240 manual Removing an Expansion Card

aEnter system setup, select Integrated Devices, and change the setting for Sound to Off.

bConnect external audio devices to the sound card’s connectors. Do not connect external audio devices to the microphone, speaker/headphone, or line-in connectors on the I/O panel (see “I/O Panel—SmallForm-Factor, Desktop, and Mini-Tower Computers”).

16If you installed an add-in network adapter, perform the following steps:

a Enter system setup, select Integrated Devices and change the setting for Network Interface Card to Off.

b Connect the network cable to the add-in network adapter’s connectors. Do not connect the network cable to the integrated connector on the I/O panel (see “I/O Panel—SmallForm-Factor, Desktop, and Mini-Tower Computers”).

Removing an Expansion Card

CAUTION: Before you perform this procedure, see “Safety First— For You and Your Computer.”

NOTICE: Before disconnecting a device from the computer, wait 10 to 20 seconds after disconnecting the computer from its electrical outlet. Before removing a component from the system board, verify that the standby power light on the system board has turned off. To locate this light, see “System Board Components.”

1Turn off the computer and devices, disconnect them from their electrical outlets, and wait 10 to 20 seconds.

2Open the computer cover.

3In the small desktop computer, remove the expansion-card cage.

4Press the lever on the expansion card retention arm and raise the retention arm (see the illustration for your computer in “Installing an Expansion Card”).

5If necessary, disconnect any cables connected to the card.

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

7If you are removing the card permanently, install a filler bracket in the empty card-slot opening.

If you need a filler bracket, contact Dell.

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