Removing the graphics card
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Topics:
• Prerequisites
• Procedure
• Procedure
Prerequisites
Remove the right-side cover.
Procedure
1 Lay the computer on the left side and remove the screw (6-32UNCx3.6) that secures the graphics card to the chassis.
2 Push the securing tab on the PCIe slot away from the graphics card, grasp the card by its top corner, and ease it out of the slot.
3 Lift the graphics card o the computer.
Procedure
Only with computers shipped with full-length graphics card
1 Lay the computer on the left side and remove the two screws (6-32UNCx3.6) that secures the graphics-card bracket to the chassis.
2 Lift the graphics-card bracket o the chassis.
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