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Removing an Expansion Card
Follow this general procedure to remove an expansion
card:
1.
If you are removing a non-Plug and Play ISA
expansion card, enter the ICU and remove the
expansion card from your configuration.
See Chapter 3, "Using the ISA Configuration Util-
ity," for instructions.
2.
Remove the computer cover according to the
instructions in "Removing the Computer Cover"
in Chapter 5.
CAUTION: See "Protecting Against Electro-
static Discharge" in the safety instructions at
the front of this guide.
3.
If necessary, disconnect any cables connected to
the card.
4.
Remove the expansion-card cage as instructed in
"Removing the Expansion-Card Cage" in Chap-
ter 5.
5.
Unscrew the mounting bracket of the card you
want to remove.
6.
Grasp the card by its outside corners, and ease it
out of its connector.
7.
If you are removing the card permanently, install
a metal filler bracket over the empty card-slot
opening.
NOTE: Installing filler brackets over empty card-
slot openings is necessary to maintain Federal Com-
munications Commission (FCC) certification of the
system. The brackets also keep dust and dirt out of
your computer.
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8.
Replace the expansion-card cage in the chassis as
instructed in "Replacing the Expansion-Card
Cage" in Chapter 5.
9.
Replace the computer cover, reconnect your com-
puter and peripherals to their power sources, and
turn them on.
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dding Memory
Memory can be increased to a maximum of 384 mega-
bytes (MB) by installing combinations of 16-, 32-, 64-, or
128-MB dual in-line memory modules (DIMMs) in the
three DIMM sockets on the system board. Figure 6-6
shows the DIMMs and DIMM sockets.
Your system can support both error checking and
correction (ECC) and non-parity synchronous dynamic
random-access memory (SDRAM) DIMMs. However,
ECC support is available only if all DIMMs are ECC
DIMMs. ECC DIMMs enable your system to correct all
single-bit memory errors and detect multibit memory
errors.
DIMMs (3)
DIMM
sockets
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