Dell Mini Tower System manual Removing the Filler Bracket, Install the expansion card

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 riser 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.

filler bracket

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).

expansion card

card-edge connector

	riser board
expansion-	expansion-card
card cage
	connector

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.

Installing System Board Options 6-3