Pci Express Cards - Dell GX280DT - GX280 Desktop Computer User Manual

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a.
 Enter system
setup, select Audio Controller, and change the setting to Off.
b.  Connect external audio devices to the sound card's connectors. Do not connect external audio devices to the microphone, speaker/headphone,
or line-in connectors on the back panel.
 
13. If you installed an add-in network adapter and want to turn off the integrated network adapter:
a.
 Enter system
setup, select Network Controller, and change the setting to Off.
b.  Connect the network cable to the add-in network adapter's connectors. Do not connect the network cable to the integrated connector on the
back panel.
 
14. Install any drivers required for the card as described in the card documentation.
 
Removing a PCI Card
 
1. Follow the procedures in
"Before You
 
2. Press the lever on the card retention arm and raise the retention arm.
 
3. If necessary, disconnect any cables connected to the card.
 
4. Grasp the card by its top corners, and ease it out of its connector.
 
5. If you are removing the card permanently, install a filler bracket in the empty card-slot opening.
If you need a filler bracket,
contact
NOTE:
Installing filler brackets over empty card-slot openings is necessary to maintain FCC certification of the computer. The brackets also keep dust
and dirt out of your computer.
 
6. Lower the retention arm and press it into place.
NOTICE:
To connect a network cable, first plug the cable into the network wall jack and then plug it into the computer.
 
7. Close the computer cover, reconnect the computer and devices to electrical outlets, and turn them on.
After you open and close the cover, the chassis intrusion detector, if installed and enabled, causes the following message to appear on the screen at
the next computer start-up:
ALERT! Cover was previously removed.
 
8.
Reset the chassis intrusion detector
NOTE:
If an admin password has been assigned by someone else, contact your network administrator for information on resetting the chassis intrusion
detector.
 
9. Remove the card's driver from the operating system.
 
10. If you removed a sound card:
a.
 Enter system
setup, select Audio Controller, and change the setting to On.
b.  Connect external audio devices to the audio connectors on the computer back panel.
 
11. If you removed an add-in network connector:
a.
 Enter system
setup, select Network Controller, and change the setting to On.
b.  Connect the network cable to the integrated connector on the computer back panel.
 PCI Express Cards
Your computer supports one PCI Express x16 card.
Begin."
Dell.
by changing Chassis Intrusion to On or On-Silent.

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