8. Before installing an expansion card, remove the expansion slot cover or the existing expansion
card.
NOTE: Before removing an installed expansion card, disconnect any cables that may be
attached to the expansion card.
a. If you are installing an expansion card in a vacant socket, you must slide one of the
expansion slot covers up and out of the chassis or use a flatblade screwdriver to pry out
one of the metal shields on the rear panel that covers the expansion slot. Be sure to
remove the appropriate shield for the expansion card you are installing.
b. If you are removing a PCI Express x1 card, hold the card at each end and carefully rock it
back and forth until the connectors pull free from the socket. Lift the card straight up (1)
then away from the inside of the chassis (2) to remove it. Be sure not to scrape the card
against other components.
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