Installing The Expansion Card Riser; Removing An Expansion Card - Dell EMC NX430 System Owner's Manual

Installing the expansion card riser

Prerequisites
CAUTION: Many repairs may only be done by a certified service technician. You should only perform troubleshooting and simple
repairs as authorized in your product documentation, or as directed by the online or telephone service and support team.
Damage due to servicing that is not authorized by Dell is not covered by your warranty. Read and follow the safety instructions
that are shipped with your product.
1 Follow the safety guidelines listed in Safety instructions section.
2 Install the expansion card into the expansion card riser.
Steps
1 Open the expansion card riser latch.
2 Align the following:
a Guide on the expansion card riser with the guide pin on the system board.
b Expansion card riser connector with the connector on the system board.
3 Lower the expansion card riser until the expansion card riser is firmly seated in the connector on the system board.
4 Close the expansion card riser latch.
Next step
Follow the procedure listed in

Removing an expansion card

Prerequisites
CAUTION: Many repairs may only be done by a certified service technician. You should only perform troubleshooting and simple
repairs as authorized in your product documentation, or as directed by the online or telephone service and support team.
Damage due to servicing that is not authorized by Dell is not covered by your warranty. Read and follow the safety instructions
that are shipped with your product.
1 Follow the safety guidelines listed in Safety instructions section.
2 Follow the procedure listed in the Before working inside your system section.
3 Disconnect any cables connected to the expansion card or expansion card riser.
4 If installed, remove the expansion card riser.
Steps
1 Hold the expansion card by its edges and remove it from the expansion card riser connector.
2 If you are removing the card permanently, install a filler bracket in the empty expansion card slot and close the expansion card latch.
NOTE: You must install a filler bracket over an empty expansion card slot to maintain Federal Communications
Commission (FCC) certification of the system. The brackets also keep dust and dirt out of the system and aid in proper
cooling and airflow inside the system.
70 Installing and removing system components
After working inside your system.