Dell XPS 710 User Manual

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5.

Disconnect any cables connected to the card.

 

6.

Press down the tab on the top of the card retainer at the appropriate card slot and pivot the card retainer back through the chassis wall.

 

7.

Press the release tab (if present) on the system board connector as you grasp the card by its top corners, and then ease the card out of the connector.

 

8.

Install a filler bracket in the empty card-slot opening. If you are replacing the card, see

Installing a PCI Express Graphics Card in a Dual Configuration

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1 graphics card bridge

2 power connectors (2)

3 dual-PCI Express graphics cards

1

release tab

2

card retainer

3

alignment guide

4

fan bracket

 

 

 

 

NOTE:

If the card is full-length, press the release tab on the end of the alignment guides on the fan bracket.

1

PCI Express x16 card

2 securing tab

3

PCI Express x16 card slot

NOTE:

Installing filler brackets over empty card-slot openings is necessary to maintain FCC certification of the computer. The brackets also keep

dust and dirt out of your computer.

NOTE:

The graphics card bridge (not present in all dual-graphics configurations) is not necessary in a single graphics card configuration.

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