Gateway 980 manual Installing PCI expansion cards, Release lever Card retention cover

Installing PCI expansion cards

5 Pull the card retention cover’s release lever, then swing the retention cover away from the expansion cards.

Release lever

Card retention cover

6 If you are replacing a card, remove the old expansion card. You can slightly seesaw the card end-to-end to loosen the card, but do not bend the card sideways.

Warning

Do not touch the contacts on the bottom part of the expansion card. Touching the contacts can cause electrostatic damage to the card.

7 Press the new card into the expansion slot. You can slightly seesaw the card end-to-end to help insert the card, but do not bend the card sideways.

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