Opening And Closing The Pcie Card Holder Latch - Dell E31S Series Owner's Manual

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Before working inside your system
Installing an expansion card into the expansion card riser 2 or 3
After working inside your system
Related reference
Safety instructions

Opening and closing the PCIe card holder latch

Prerequisites
1. Follow the safety guidelines listed in Safety instructions section.
2. Follow the procedure listed in the Before working inside your system section.
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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.
Steps
1. To open the PCIe card holder latch, press the release tab.
2. To close the PCIe card holder latch, rotate the latch clockwise until it locks.
NOTE: Before installing a full-length PCIe card, the PCIe card holder latch must be closed. When the full-length PCIe
card is installed, open the PCIe card holder latch. Before removing the full-length PCIe card, you must close the
PCIe card holder latch.
Figure 26. Opening the PCIe card holder latch
a. PCIe card holder
b. release tab
c. PCIe card holder latch
Figure 27. Closing the PCIe card holder latch
a. PCIe card holder
82 Installing and removing system components