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AGP and DVI Adapter Cards

Dell™ OptiPlex™ GX260 Systems User's Guide

CAUTION: Before you begin any of the procedures in this section, follow the steps in "CAUTION: Safety Instructions."

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

Your Dell™ computer provides a connector for an AGP or DVI adapter card.

NOTE: The DVI adapter card works through your computer's integrated graphics. To control the adapter through your operating system, click the Start menu, click Control Panel, and then click the integrated graphics driver's user- interface icon.

1. Perform an orderly computer shutdown using the operating system menu.
   
   
2. Turn off any attached devices and disconnect them from their electrical outlets.
   
   

NOTICE: To disconnect a network cable, first unplug the cable from your computer, and then unplug it from the network wall jack.

3. Disconnect the computer power cable from the wall outlet, and then press the power button to ground the system board.
   
   
4. Remove the computer stand, if it is attached.
   
   
5. Open the computer cover.
   
   

Removing an AGP/DVI Adapter Card

1. Remove the filler bracket by raising the hinged lever and sliding the bracket up.
   
   

Press the intended tab on the hinged lever with your thumb until you release the tab. Continue holding the lever and pull the lever up.

Filler Bracket Removal

1	hinged lever
2	indented tab (side view)

2. Press the card clip lever toward the PCI slot and remove the installed card.
   
   

Removing the Card

1	card notch
2	card clip lever
3	card clip tab
4	card clip
5	PCI card slot

Installing an AGP/DVI Adapter Card

1. To add or replace the card, press the card clip lever toward the PCI card slot and gently press the card into the AGP connector until it clicks into place.
   
   
2. Release the card clip lever, ensuring that the tab on the card clip lever fits into the notch on the front end of the card.
   
   
3. Secure the card by lowering the hinged lever on the back panel.
   
   
4. Close the computer cover.
   
   
5. Attach the computer stand (optional).
   
   

NOTICE: To connect a network cable, first plug the cable into the network wall jack, and then plug it into the computer.

6. Connect the monitor cable to the card's video connector.
   
   
7. Connect your computer and devices to electrical outlets, and turn them on.
   
   

After you open and close the cover, the chassis intrusion detector, if enabled, causes the following message to appear on the screen at the next computer start-up:

ALERT! Cover was previously removed.

8. Reset the chassis intrusion detector by changing Chassis Intrusion to Enabled or Enabled-Silent.
   
   

NOTE: If a setup password has been assigned by someone else, contact your network administrator for information on resetting the chassis intrusion detector.

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