Installing An Expansion Card - Acer Veriton 3600GT User Manual

6 Install the new hard disk into the housing. Secure it with the drive
rails you removed earlier and connect the power and hard disk
cables to the new hard disk.
7 Reinstall the drive frame into the housing.
8 Reattach the CD or DVD drive and the floppy drive cables.
Note: Make sure that the other ends of the disk drive cables are
securely connected to their corresponding connectors on the
mainboard.
9 Replace the computer cover (see page 52).

Installing an expansion card

To install an expansion card:
Caution: Your system accepts low profile PCI cards only.
1 Remove the computer cover (see page 51).
2 Locate an empty PCI slot on the mainboard.
3 Remove the bracket lock that holds the bracket to the computer.
Save the bracket lock.
4 Pull out the bracket on the housing opposite the selected empty
slot.
5 Remove the expansion card from its protective packaging.
6 Align the card with the empty bracket and then insert it into the
slot. Make sure that the card is properly seated.
7 Secure the card to your computer with the bracket lock you
removed earlier.
8 Replace the computer cover (see page 52).
When you turn on the computer, BIOS (Basic Input/Output System)
automatically detects and assigns resources to the newly-installed
devices.
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