3.4 How to Install a PCI Card

3.4.1 Before You Begin

Complete these tasks:
Section 2.1 “How to Power Off the System” onpage 54
Section 2.4 “How to Position the System for Service” on page 60
Section 2.6 “How to Remove the System Cover” on page 65
Section 2.8 “How to Avoid Electrostatic Discharge” on page 69
Read the documentation supplied with the PCI card for information about jumper
settings, PCI slot requirements,and cable connections.
For information about the system’s PCI slots and locations, see Section C.1.2 “PCI
Bus” on page 253.

3.4.2 What to Do

1. If you are installing a PCI card in an unused slot, remove the corresponding
filler panel from the backof the system. Otherwise go to Step 2.
a. Remove the Phillips screw that secures the PCI filler panel to the system
back panel.
b. Lift out the filler panel.
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