Dell OptiPlex GX1 User Manual

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Installing System Board Options: Dell OptiPlex GX1 and GX1p Midsize Managed PC Systems

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3. Remove the expansion-card cage as instructed in "

Removing the Expansion-Card Cage

."

4. Unscrew and remove the metal filler bracket that covers the card-slot opening for the expansion slot

you intend to use (see Figure 4).

Save the screw to use when installing the expansion card later in this procedure.

Figure 4. Removing the Filler Bracket

5. Install the expansion card.

Insert the card-edge connector firmly into the expansion-card connector on the riser board. Gently rock
the card into the connector until the card is fully seated (see Figure 5).

Figure 5. Installing an Expansion Card

6. When the card is firmly seated in the connector and the card-mounting bracket is flush with the

brackets on either side of it, secure the bracket with the screw you removed in step 4.

7. If you are installing an optional Wakeup On LAN network card, attach the three-wire power cable that

came with the card to the P1 connector on the riser board (see

Figure 3

) and to the network interface

controller (NIC) card.

8. Replace the expansion-card cage in the chassis as instructed in "

Replacing the Expansion-Card

Cage

."

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