Expansion Card - HP EliteDesk 800 G5 SFF Maintenance And Service Manual

Expansion card

The computer has two PCI Express ×1 expansion sockets, one PCI Express ×16 expansion socket, and one PCI
Express ×16 expansion socket that is downshifted to a ×4 socket.
NOTE: The PCI Express sockets support only low profile cards.
You can install a PCI Express ×1, ×4, ×8, or ×16 expansion card in the PCI Express ×16 socket.
For dual graphics card configurations, the first (primary) card must be installed in the PCI Express ×16 socket
that is not downshifted to a ×4.
To remove, replace, or add an expansion card:
1. Prepare the computer for disassembly
2. Remove the access panel
3. Locate the correct vacant expansion socket on the system board and the corresponding expansion slot
on the back of the computer chassis.
4. Release the slot cover retention latch that secures the slot covers by lifting the tab on the latch and
rotating the latch to the open position.
5. Before installing an expansion card, remove the expansion slot cover or the existing expansion card.
NOTE:
the expansion card.
a. If you are installing an expansion card in a vacant socket, remove the appropriate expansion slot
cover on the back of the chassis. Pull the slot cover straight up then away from the inside of the
chassis.
(Access panel on page
Before removing an installed expansion card, disconnect any cables that may be attached to
(Preparation for disassembly on page
19).
18).
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