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Broadcom PCI Express NIC Installation
This document describes how to install a Broadcom Network Interface Card (NIC) into a PCI Express slot
on your workstation. This card uses the third-generation (3GIO) PCI Express hardware interconnect
standard. PCI Express, the successor of the PCI, PCI-X, and AGP I/O standards, delivers greater
bandwidth and performance using a point-to-point high-speed serial link technology. PCI Express
architecture is stable, scalable, and extensible.
Installing your PCI Express NIC Hardware
To install your PCI Express card:
1. If you have Internet access, download the latest BIOS and driver updates from the support Web site for
your workstation at www.hp.com/support/workstationsupport.
NOTE: If you will not have Internet access until after installing the network card, you can download the
latest BIOS and driver updates later.
2. After installing the updates, disconnect power from the system, remove the hood cover, and lay the
workstation on its side with the system board facing up.
3. If necessary, remove any card hold downs. Refer to the next page for examples of hold downs.
4. Release the PCI levers by first pressing down on them and then out 1.
5. If necessary, remove the applicable PCI slot cover 2.
NOTE: The following illustration shows a typical installation. Refer to the illustration on the inside of the
access panel for the PCI Express slot location on your HP Workstation.
6. Install the PCI Express card 3. Verify that the keyed components of the card align with the socket.
7. Close the PCI levers 4.
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