Steps
1 Hold the expansion card by its edges and remove it from the expansion card riser connector.
2 If you are removing the card permanently, install a ller bracket in the empty expansion card slot and close the expansion card latch.
NOTE: You must install a ller bracket over an empty expansion card slot to maintain Federal Communications Commission
(FCC) certication of the system. The brackets also keep dust and dirt out of the system and aid in proper cooling and
airow inside the system. The ller bracket is necessary to maintain proper thermal conditions.
Figure 54. Removing the expansion card from the expansion card riser
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touch point (2) 2 expansion card riser connector
3 expansion card riser 4 expansion card
98 Installing and removing system components