Plugging The Board - Contec DA16-16L User Manual

2. Setup

Plugging the Board

(1) Before plugging the board, shut down the system, unplug the power code of your PC.
(2) Remove the cover from the PC so that the board can be mounted.
(3) Plug the board into an expansion slot.
(4) Attach the board bracket to the PC with a screw.
(5) Put the cover back into place.
Applicable PCI bus slots
PCI bus slots used in PCs have keys to prevent 5V and 3.3V PCI bus boards from being accidentally
plugged into wrong bus slots. This board can be plugged into both of the 5V and 3.3V PCI bus slots.
<PCI bus slot>
5-V PCI bus slot
3.3-V PCI bus slot
3.3V key
CAUTION
- Do not touch the board's metal plated terminals (edge connector) with your hands.
Otherwise, the board may malfunction, overheat, or cause a failure.
If the terminals are touched by someone's hands, clean the terminals with industrial alcohol.
- Do not install or remove the board to or from the slot while the computer's power is turned on.
Otherwise, the board may malfunction, overheat, or cause a failure.
Doing so could cause trouble. Be sure that the personal computer or the I/O expansion unit power is
turned off.
- Make sure that your PC or expansion unit can supply ample power to all the boards installed.
Insufficiently energized boards could malfunction, overheat, or cause a failure.
- Power supply from the PCI bus slot at +5V is required.
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<PCI bus board>
5V key
A :
Slit for 5-V PCI bus slot
B :
Slit for 3.3-V PCI bus slot
B A
DA16-16(LPCI)L, DA16-8(LPCI)L