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Expansion Card Cage (Small Desktop Computer Only)

Dell Precision™ Workstation 340 User's Guide

  Removing the Expansion-Card Cage

  Replacing the Expansion-Card Cage

The PCI riser board in the small desktop computer has two PCI expansion card slots.

Removing the Expansion-Card Cage

CAUTION: Before you perform this procedure, see "Safety First—For You and Your Computer."

1. Open the computer cover.
   
   
2. Check any cables connected to expansion cards through the back- panel openings. Disconnect any cables that will not reach the cage once it is removed from the chassis.
   
   

Expansion-Card Cage Removal

3. Gently pull on the handle and lift the expansion-card cage away from the chassis.
   
   

Replacing the Expansion-Card Cage

1. Align the slots in the side of the expansion-card cage with the tabs on the side of the computer, and slide the expansion-card cage down into place.
   
   

Expansion-Card Cage Replacement

2. Make sure that the riser board is fully seated in the connector on the system board.
   
   
3. Reconnect any cables that you removed in step 2 of the previous procedure.
   
   

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