Step 2: Prepare Your Computer - Creative Sound Blaster Audigy 2 Platinum eX User Manual

Step 2: Prepare your
computer
Remove any existing audio
card or disable the onboard
audio. For more information,
see "Problems with Multiple
Audio Devices" on page B-9.
1. Turn off your computer and all peripheral
devices.
2. Touch a metal plate on your computer to ground
yourself and to discharge any static electricity,
and then unplug the power cord from the wall
outlet.
3. Remove the computer cover.
4. Remove the metal brackets from two adjacent
unused PCI slots as shown in Figure 2-2. Put the
screws aside for use later.
metal
bracket
ISA slot (on older mainboards)
Figure 2-2: Removing metal plates
Installing Hardware
PCI slot
2-2