CHAPTER 4: Installing Components

Caution

Do not touch the contacts on the bottom part of the expansion card.

Touching the contacts can cause electrostatic damage to the card.

4Press down on the top of the expansion card latch (3) for the PCI expansion card you are removing, then rotate the latch up (4) to release the card.

5Gently remove the PCI card from the card slot, then lift the PCI card out of the chassis.

Caution

Make sure that you only plug a PCI-X expansion card into the PCI-X slot.

Plugging a PCI-X expansion card into a PCI slot may damage the PCI-X card.

6Position the new PCI expansion card over the PCI slot, then press the PCI expansion card into the PCI slot.

7From the back of the server, push the expansion card latch in to the locked position.

8If you opened the card guide initially, rotate the card guide tab down to the locked position.

9Follow the instructions in “Closing the server case” on page 26.

10See the card’s documentation for software installation instructions.

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