7.9.2 Expansion Card
1. If you have locked the Smart Cover Lock, use Computer Setup to unlock the lock
7.2, "Unlocking the Smart Cover
2. Prepare the computer for disassembly
3. Remove the computer access panel
4. Remove the expansion card cage
5. If you are installing a card for the first time, go to step 6.
If you are removing an existing card, open the release latch as described in step 6 then go to
step 8.
6. If you are installing an expansion card in a vacant socket, release the slot cover retention
latch 1 that secures the PCI slot covers by rotating the latch outwards (the latch in the
computer has a green label on it marked 2).
7. Remove the slot cover by sliding it out 2.
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