Follow the safety guidelines listed in Safety instructions.
Follow the procedure listed in Before working inside your system.
Turn off the system, including all attached peripherals.
Disconnect the system from the electrical outlet and disconnect the peripherals.
Lay the system on its side.
Remove the system cover.
Removing the air shroud:
Holding the touch points at the center of the air shroud, lift the shroud from the system.
NOTE: Systems with x16 hard-drive backplanes use a different air shroud. To ensure proper cooling, always install the air shroud provided with your system.
Removing the expansion card holder:
Press the tab and remove the expansion-card holder from the chassis.
Removing a expansion card:
If installed, disconnect the data cables from the PERC card and/or the power cables from the GPU card.
Press the expansion card latch and push down the latch to open it.
Hold the expansion card by its edge and pull the card up to remove it from the expansion card connector and the system.
Install the filler brackets by performing the following steps:
a. Align the slot on the filler bracket with the tab on the expansion card slot.
b. Press the expansion card latch till the filler bracket locks into place.
NOTE: Filler brackets must be installed in empty expansion-card slots to maintain FCC certification of the system. The brackets also keep dust and dirt out of the system and aid in proper cooling and airflow inside the system.
Installing an expansion card:
Unpack the expansion card and prepare it for installation.
For instructions, see the documentation accompanying the card.
Open the expansion card latch adjacent to the slot you want to install the expansion card.
Remove the existing expansion card or filler bracket from the expansion card holder.
Holding the card by its edges, position the card so that the card aligns with the expansion card connector.
Insert the card firmly into the expansion card connector until the card is fully seated.
Close the expansion card latch by pushing the latch up until the latch snaps into place.
Connect the data cables to the expansion card and/or the power cables to the GPU card.
Installing the expansion card holder:
Align the expansion card holder with the projections on the chassis and push it down until firmly seated.
Installing the air shroud:
Align the tabs on the air shroud with the securing slots on the chassis.
Lower the air shroud into the chassis until it is firmly seated.
Install the system cover.
Place the system upright on a flat, stable surface.
Reconnect the peripherals and connect the system to the electrical outlet.
Turn on the attached peripherals and then turn on the system.
