HP Compaq dc7100 DT Reference Manual page 149

6. Remove the expansion card cage
If you are installing a card for the first time in this computer, go to step 12.
7. If your are replacing an existing card, stand the card cage on its end for better leverage, and
remove the card retaining screw 1.
8. Grasp the card and carefully rock it back and forth until the connectors pull free from the
socket. Pull the expansion card straight up from the socket 2 then away from the inside of
the card cage. Be sure not to scrape the card against other components.
9. Store the removed card in anti-static packaging.
10. Slide the bracket on the end of the expansion card down into the slot on the expansion card
cage and press the card down firmly into the socket on the riser card.
11. Reinstall the card retaining screw.
Go to step 15.
12. If you are installing an expansion card in a vacant slot, remove the slot cover retaining screw
and slide the slot cover out of its socket.
13. Slide the bracket on the end of the expansion card down into the slot on the expansion card
cage and press the card down firmly into the socket on the riser card.
14. Reinstall the card retaining screw.
Service Reference Guide, dc7100
Removal and Replacement Procedures— Small Form Factor (SFF) Chassis
Section 7.10, "Horizontally Oriented Expansion
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