Chapter 6: Adding And Replacing System Board Components; If You Need To Remove The Riser Card In A Minitower System - IBM Aptiva Handbook

If you are working with a minitower system unit, see
"Working with the hardware in the minitower system
unit" on page 100 for instructions on working with
adapter cards and drives. If you need to remove the riser
card in a minitower system, see the following section.
If you need to remove the riser card
in a minitower system
In the minitower system, you might need to remove the
riser card to access some of the components on the
system board. To remove the riser card, you must first
remove all the adapter cards from the riser card. If any
of your cards have cable connections to the system
board or one of your drives, disconnect the cables. Take
note of all of your disconnections so that you can
reconnect without error.
For instructions on removing adapter cards in your
minitower system, see "Removing adapter cards" on
page 108.
To remove the riser card, follow these steps:
1.
Remove all adapter cards, noting the locations of
any cable connectors from which you remove
cables.
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2.
Disconnect the power cable from the riser card.
Remove the riser card screw and the riser card clip.
Then remove the riser card.
1
Riser
Card
(Bottom)
(Front)
To reinstall the riser card, reverse the removal
procedure. Reconnect any adapter card cables
note:
you disconnected when you removed the
adapter cards from the riser card.
3
2
Riser Card Clip
System Board
(Back)
(Top)
Riser Card
Connector