Removing and replacing the agp card brace – Dell OptiPlex GX300 User Manual

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Removing and Replacing the AGP Card Brace

To access any expansion cards or components on the system board, you must first remove the AGP card brace that secures an AGP card in the
AGP socket.

1.

Remove the computer cover

.

2. Remove the screw securing the AGP card brace to the chassis (see Figure 5).

Figure 5. Removing the AGP Card Brace

3. Rotate the brace up until it disengages from the card guide at the front of the chassis. Then lift it away from the chassis.

To replace the brace, perform the following steps:

1. Insert the tabs on one end of the brace into the slots on the card guide at the front of the chassis (see

Figure 5

).

2. Lower the brace, ensuring that the plastic AGP card guide on the bottom of the brace is engaged with the top of the AGP card.

3. Replace the screw that secures the brace to the chassis.

FAN

Microprocessor fan connector

IDEn

EIDE interface connector

INTRUSION

Chassis intrusion switch connector

KYBD

Keyboard connector

MONITOR

Video connector

MOUSE

Mouse connector

PANEL

Control panel connector

PAR

Parallel port connector; sometimes referred to as LPT1

PCIn*

PCI expansion-card connector

POWER_1

Main power input connector

POWER_2

3.3-V power input connector

PROC_0

Primary microprocessor connector

PROC_1

Secondary microprocessor connector

SER

Serial port connectors

STANDBY

Standby power LED

STR

Suspend-to-RAM LED

USB

USB connectors

TAPI

Telephony connector

WUOL

Remote Wakeup power connector

CAUTION: Before you remove the computer cover, see "

Safety First

—For You and Your Computer

."

1 Card guide

2 AGP card brace

3 Screw

4 Plastic AGP card

guide

5 Tab

6 Slot

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