Installing System Board Options 6-3
internal connections, or otherwise customizing the
card for your system.
3. Remove the expansion-card cage as instructed in
“Removing the Expansion-Card Cage” in Chap-
ter 5.
NOTE: Verify that the power LED on the rise r board
(see Figure 6-3) is off before removing the card cage
4. Unscrew and remove the metal filler bracket that
covers the card-slot opening for the expansion
slot you intend to use (see Figure 6-4).
Save the screw to use when installing the expansion
card later in this procedure.
Figure 6-4. Removing the Filler Bracket
5. Install the expansion card.
Insert the card-edge connector firmly into the
expansion-card connector on the riser board. Gently
rock the card into the connector until the card is fully
seated (see Figure 6-5).
Figure 6-5. Installing an Expansion Card
6. 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.
7. If you are installing an optional Wakeup On LAN
network card, attach the three-wire power cable
that came with the card to the P1 connector on
the riser board (see Figure 6-3) and to the net-
work card.
8. Replace the expansion-card cage in the chassis as
instructed in “Replacing the Expansion-Card
Cage” in Chapter 5.
9. Connect any cables that should be attached to the
card.
See the documentation that came with the card for
information about its cable connections.
10. Replace the computer cover, reconnect your com-
puter and peripherals to their power sources, and
turn them on.
filler bracket
expansion-
card cage
expansion card
card-edge connector
expansion-card
connector
riser board