Pci cards and serial port adapters, Pci cards, Installing a pci card – Dell OptiPlex GX60 User Manual

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PCI Cards and Serial Port Adapters

Dell™ OptiPlex™ GX60 Systems User's Guide

  

PCI Cards

  

Serial Port Adapters


  

 

 

Your Dell™ computer provides slots for up to two 32

-bit, 33-MHz PCI cards, or one PCI card and one serial port adapter.

 

PCI Cards

 

 

 

If you are installing or replacing a card, follow the procedures in the next section. If you are removing but not replacing a card, skip to "

Removing a PCI Card

."

1.

 

If you are replacing a card, remove the current driver for the card from the operating system.

2.

 

Follow the procedures in "

Before You Begin

."

 

Installing a PCI Card

1.

 

Remove the card cage:

a.

 

Check any cables connected to cards through the back-panel openings. Disconnect any cables that will not reach the card cage once they are

removed from the computer.

b.

 

Gently pull on the handle and lift the card cage up and away from the computer.

 

 

CAUTION:

Before you begin any of the procedures in this section, follow the

safety instructions

.

CAUTION:

To guard against electrical shock, always unplug your computer from the electrical outlet before opening the cover.

NOTE:

Your Dell computer uses only PCI slots. ISA cards are not supported.

1

 

card cage

2

 

handle

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