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Installation of the PHASE PCI card - step by step.
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Switch off your computer and all connected peripheral devices such as your printer
and monitor. Leave the power supply cable connected for the time being, so that your
computer is still grounded.
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Touch the metal chassis at the rear of the computer to ground yourself and discharge
static electricity from yourself. Now unplug the power supply cable.
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Remove the housing cover from your computer or open it.
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Find a free PCI slot, remove the screw securing the metal cover over the slot and
remove the cover itself. Should it be necessary to break a cover out of the case, do so
with care to avoid injury.
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To ensure the optimal function of your system, look for an expansion slot that is not
immediately next to an already-installed card. Some cards, such as video or
SCSI/RAID adapters, can send out signals which can interfere with the sound card.
We also recommend a slot as close to the bottom of the computer as possible, as you
can or must connect several cables directly to the card itself. Due to certain physical
properties of our planet, it is very likely that these cables will dangle downward.
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Carefully remove the PCI card from its packaging. To do so, place one hand on a
metal part of the computer case while picking the card up by the edges.
This will ensure that your body is completely discharged (no joke) of static electricity
via your computer, so that no damage is done to the card. Please do not touch the
components on the board.
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Align the audio card so that the strip with the gold connector pins is located exactly
over the PCI slot.
Insert the card into the slot. You might have to press the card firmly into the slot to
make good contact. Take care to ensure that the contacts are exactly in line. If they
are not, you could do damage to the audio card or your computer's motherboard.
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Fasten the card in place using the screw you removed earlier from the slot cover (if
there was one).
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After switching on and booting up the system, the driver installation follows
(see Ü page 11).
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