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Alienware X51 Service Manual

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Procedure

  1. Remove the screws that secure the riser cage to the chassis.
  2. Release the riser cage from the tabs on the chassis.
    Image: Removing the riser cage
    1. screw
    2. chassis
    3. riser cage
    4. tab
  3. Lift the riser cage from the chassis and remove the graphics-card power cables from the routing guide on the riser cage.
    Image: Removing the graphics card
    1. routing guide
    2. graphics card
    3. riser cage
    4. graphics-card power cables
  4. Open and release the card-retention bracket from the riser cage.
    Image: Removing the graphics card
    1. tab
    2. card-retention bracket
    3. graphics-card
    4. riser cage
  5. Turn around the riser cage and locate the PCI express latch.
  6. Press down the PCI x16 express card latch and lift the graphics-card assembly off the riser cage.
    Image: Removing the graphics card
    1. card-retention bracket
    2. graphics-card assembly
    3. riser cage
    4. PCI express latch

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