6.Installthenewcardintotheappropriateslotonthesystemboard.See“Locatingpartsonthesystem
board”onpage13.
Note:IfyouareinstallingaPCIExpressx16graphicscard,makesurethatthememoryslotretaining
clipsareclosedbeforeyouinstallthegraphicscard.
7.PivotthecardlatchtotheclosedpositiontosecurethePCIcard.
Figure16.InstallingaPCIcard
Whattodonext:
•Toworkwithanotherpieceofhardware,gototheappropriatesection.
•Tocompletetheinstallationorreplacement,goto“Completingthepartsreplacement”onpage99.
Installingorreplacingamemorymodule
Attention:
Donotopenyourcomputerorattemptanyrepairbeforereadingandunderstandingthe“Importantsafetyinformation”
onpagev.
Thissectionprovidesinstructionsonhowtoinstallorreplaceamemorymodule.
Yourcomputerhasfourmemoryslotsforinstallingorr eplacingDDR3UDIMMsthatprovideuptoa
maximumof32GBsystemmemory.Wheninstallingorreplacingamemorymodule,use2GB,4GBor8
GBDDR3UDIMMsinanycombinationuptoamaximumof32GB.
Thefollowingtableprovidesinformationaboutthememorymoduleinstallationrulesthatyoushould
considerwheninstallingorremovingamemorymodule.The“X”markindicatesthememoryslotsintowhich
thememorymodulesshouldbeinstalledindifferentsituations.Thenumbers1,2,3,and4indicatethe
installationsequence.T olocatethememorymoduleslots,see“Locatingpartsonthesystemboard”
onpage13.
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