Installing a tapi sound card – Dell OptiPlex GX240 User Manual

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7

Reconnect the computer and devices to their electrical outlets, and

turn them on.

NOTE:

If enabled, the

Chassis Intrusion

option

will cause the following
message to be displayed
at the next system start-
up:

ALERT! Cover

was previously

removed.

8

Install the appropriate TSP for the TAPI device.
See the manufacturer’s documentation and your Windows

documentation for more information.

Installing a TAPI Sound Card

You can install a TAPI-compliant sound card that has a standard TAPI
connector. For example, you can connect your modem to the TAPI sound
card connector and then use the audio capabilities as a speakerphone.

CAUTION:

Before you perform this procedure, see “

Safety First—

For You and Your Computer

.”

NOTICE:

Before disconnecting a device from the computer, wait 10 to 20

seconds after disconnecting the computer from its electrical outlet. Before
removing a component from the system board, verify that the standby power
light on the system board has turned off. To locate this light, see

System

Board Components

.”

1

Turn off the computer and devices, disconnect them from their

electrical outlets, and wait 10 to 20 seconds.

2

Open the computer cover

.

3

Install the TAPI-compliant expansion card.
See the manufacturer’s documentation for more information.

4

Enter system setup

, click Integrated Devices, and change the setting

for Sound to Off.

5

Connect external audio devices to the sound card’s connectors. Do not

connect external audio devices to the microphone,

speaker/headphone, or line-in connectors on the I/O panel (see

I/O

Panel—Small Form-Factor, Desktop, and Mini-Tower Computers

”).

6

Connect the 4-pin TAPI cable to the TAPI sound-card connector.
To locate the TAPI connector on the sound card, see the

manufacturer’s documentation.

7

Connect the 4-pin TAPI cable to the TAPI expansion-card connector.
To locate the TAPI connector on the expansion card, see the

manufacturer’s documentation.

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