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Dell PowerEdge T130 Owner's Manual

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Installing an expansion card

Prerequisites

CAUTION Many repairs may only be done by a certified service technician. You should only perform troubleshooting and simple repairs as authorized in your product documentation, or as directed by the online or telephone service and support team. Damage due to servicing that is not authorized by Dell is not covered by your warranty. Read and follow the safety instructions that are shipped with your product.
  1. Ensure that you follow the Safety instructions.
  2. Follow the procedure listed in Before working inside your system.

Steps

  1. Unpack the expansion card and prepare it for installation.
    For instructions, see the documentation accompanying the card.
  2. Press and push out the expansion card release latch to open it.
  3. Remove the expansion card blank if you are installing a new expansion card.

    The steps for installing or removing an expansion card blank are similar to installing or removing an expansion card.

    NOTE Keep the expansion card blank for future use. Expansion card blank must be installed into empty expansion card slots to maintain FCC certification of the system. The blanks also keep dust and dirt out of the system and aid in proper cooling and airflow inside the system.
  4. Holding the expansion card by its edges, position the card so that the card-edge connector aligns with the expansion card connector.
  5. Push the expansion card into the expansion card slot until the expansion card is fully seated.
  6. Press the expansion card latch down toward the system until it clicks into place.
    Figure 1. Installing an expansion card
    This figure shows installing an expansion card.
    1. expansion card
    2. expansion card latch
    3. expansion card blank

Next steps

Follow the procedure listed in After working inside your system.

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