Changing Your Computer Hardware Configuration

 

 

I/O Cards

 

Installing I/O Cards

 

To install an I/O card into your system unit, follow these steps.

 

Slots two and four are the graphics card slots. The primary graphics card

NOTE

 

slot is slot number two and the secondary graphics card slot is slot

 

number four.

 

1.

Open the left side panel of the system unit as explained in the section

 

 

 

“Opening the Left Side Panel of the System Unit” in this chapter.

 

2.

Locate the appropriate slot for the I/O card that is to be installed. See

 

 

Figure 5-5.

 

3.

Unscrew the T-15 Torx screw and remove the bulkhead blank of the

 

 

slot you have chosen. If no blank is present, you may skip to step four.

 

4.

Pull evenly in the direction of the arrow on both PULL tabs of the I/O

 

 

card retainer to remove it. See Figure 5-7.

 

5.

Insert the I/O card into the slot you have chosen with the bulkhead

 

 

appropriately positioned. See Figure 5-8. If the card is full length, the

 

 

non-bulkhead end of the card should be placed in the I/O card guide.

 

 

Press firmly and evenly on the I/O card until it is in the connector.

 

 

Screw the T-15 Torx screw into the I/O card’s bulkhead using 6

 

 

inch-pounds of torque. This will secure the I/O card.

 

6.

Replace the I/O card retainer by placing the bottom retainer hook in

 

 

the slot on the air divider and the clips on the PULL tabs into their

 

 

slots on the chassis wall. See Figure 5-7.

 

7.

Close the left side panel of the system unit by following the procedure

 

 

in the section “Closing the Left Side Panel of the System Unit” in this

 

 

chapter.

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