Removing An Expansion Card - Dell OptiPlex GX240 User Manual

NOTE:
After you open and close the cover, the chassis intrusion detector
causes the following message to appear on the screen at the next computer
start-up:
ALERT! Cover was previously removed.
Reset the chassis intrusion detector
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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.
If you installed a sound card, perform the following steps:
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Enter system setup, select Integrated Devices, and change the
a
setting for Sound to Off.
Connect external audio devices to the sound card's connectors. Do not
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connect external audio devices to the microphone,
speaker/headphone, or line-in connectors on the I/O panel (see
Panel—Small Form-Factor, Desktop, and Mini-Tower
If you installed an add-in network adapter, perform the following steps:
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Enter system setup, select Integrated Devices and change the
a
setting for Network Interface Card to Off.
Connect the network cable to the add-in network adapter's
b
connectors. Do not connect the network cable to the integrated
connector on the I/O panel (see
Desktop, and Mini-Tower

Removing an Expansion Card

CAUTION: Before you perform this procedure, see
Safety Instructions."
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
Board Components."
Turn off the computer and devices, disconnect them from their
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electrical outlets, and wait 10 to 20 seconds.
Open the computer
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In the small desktop computer,
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by changing Chassis Intrusion to
"I/O Panel—Small Form-Factor,
Computers").
cover.
remove the expansion-card
"I/O
Computers").
"CAUTION:
"System
cage.
Installing Upgrades
NOTE:
Problems may
arise if two expansion
cards are trying to use the
same resources: memory,
I/O addresses, and IRQs.
To avoid this type of
conflict, see "Interrupt
Assignment Conflicts"
and the documentation
that came with the card
for more information.
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