Adding an expansion card

The riser card has five PCI slots, four of which are available for expansion cards (one is used by the LAN card).

A card alignment guide attached to the riser card helps you align PCI cards in the slots.

To add a PCI expansion card:

1Set any jumpers and switches on the card (see the card documentation for instructions).

2Turn off the computer, disconnect the power cord, modem cord (if installed), and all external peripheral devices.

3Open the right panel (see “Removing the side panels” on page 19 for more information, and observe the “Static electricity precautions” on page 17.)

4Locate an available slot.

46Replacing and Adding System Components