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If you are removing the card permanently, install a metal filler bracket over the empty expansion slot opening and push the expansion
card latch.
NOTE:
You must install a filler bracket over an empty expansion card slot to maintain Federal Communications
Commission (FCC) certification of the system. The brackets also keep dust and dirt out of the system and aid in
proper cooling and airflow inside the system.
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Removing the air shroud
Installing expansion card into the expansion card riser
Installing expansion card into the expansion card riser
Prerequisites
1
Follow the safety guidelines listed in
2
If installing a new expansion card, unpack it and prepare the card for installation.
NOTE:
For instructions, see the documentation accompanying the card.
3
When installing a card into low profile, full height X1, or butterfly riser, open the PCIe card holder latch.
Steps
1
Pull and lift up the expansion card retention latch lock to open
2
If installed, remove the filler bracket.
NOTE:
Store the filler bracket for future use. Filler brackets must be installed in empty expansion card slots to maintain
Federal Communications Commission (FCC) certification of the system. The brackets also keep dust and dirt out of the
system and aid in proper cooling and airflow inside the system.
Figure 66. Removing filler bracket for low profile riser
Safety
instructions.
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