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Desktop Mode: Slots 2-4 support full-length cards (1 PCI Express x16 slot, one PCI Express x8 slot, and one PCI slot), and slots 1, 5, and 6 support half- length cards (2 PCI-X slots, and 1 PCI Express x8 slot).

Tower Mode: Slots 2-5 support full-length cards (1 PCI-X slot, one PCI Express x8 slot, 1 PCI Express x16 slot, and one PCI slot), and slots 1 and 6 support half-length cards (1 PCI-X slot and 1 PCI Express x8 slot).

If you are installing or replacing a PCI, PCI Express, or PCI-X card, see "Installing an Expansion Card" on page 194. If you are removing but not replacing a PCI, PCI Express, or PCI-X card, see "Removing an Expansion Card" on page 201.

Before installing a card, see the documentation that came with the card for information on configuring the card, making internal connections, or otherwise customizing it for your computer. If you are replacing a card, uninstall the existing driver for the card.

Installing an Expansion Card

1Follow the procedures in "Before You Begin" on page 151.

2Remove the computer cover (see "Removing the Computer Cover" on page 153).

3Rotate the hard-drive carrier out of the computer (see "Rotating the Hard Drive Carrier Out of the Computer" on page 156).

4Press the release tabs on the card retention door towards each other and pivot the door open.

Because the door is captive, it will remain in the open position.

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Adding and Replacing Parts