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14.
Reconnect the power cord and any external devices, then turn on the computer.
15.
Lock any security devices that were disengaged when the access panel was removed.
16.
Reconfigure the computer, if necessary.
Installing a Full-Height Expansion Card
Full-height expansion cards can be installed into the riser card slots on the computer.
There are two riser cards available from HP for this product. One has two PCI slots and the other has
two PCI Express x1 slots. Both cards have a slot designated for the Powered Serial Port expansion
card.
CAUTION:
PCI Express x1 expansion card slot. Do not attempt to insert a PCI Express x1 expansion card into
the Powered Serial Port expansion card slot and do not attempt to insert a Powered Serial Port
expansion card into a PCI Express x1 expansion card slot
Figure 2-24
Table 2-4
Riser Card Configurations
No.
Expansion Slots
1
PCI Expansion Card slots
2
PCI Express x1 Expansion Card slots
3
Powered Serial Expansion Card slots
NOTE:
Although there are three slots in each riser card, you can only install two
expansion cards in the riser card: one in the top slot and one in either the middle slot or
the bottom slot
The bottom slot on each card (3) is designed specifically for an HP Powered Serial Port
expansion card. DO NOT attempt to plug any other type of card into the bottom slot.
NOTE:
The following sections provide instructions for installing a Powered Serial Port expansion
card. However, the procedure is basically the same for installing any full-height PCI expansion card or
PC Express x1 expansion card.
The Powered Serial Port expansion card slot on the riser cards looks very similar to a
Riser Card Configurations
Installing a Full-Height Expansion Card
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