Installation Of The Phase Pci Card - Step By Step - TerraTec PHASE 22 Manual

Installation of the PHASE PCI card - step by step

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Switch off your PC and all connected peripheral devices such as your printer and
monitor. Leave the AC power cable connected for the time being, so that your com-
puter is still grounded.
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Touch the metal chassis at the rear of the PC to ground and to discharge static. Now
unplug the cord from the AC socket.
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Remove the housing cover from your computer or open it.
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Select a free PCI expansion slot that if possible does not share an IRQ with any other
slot, if necessary remove the screw that retains the slot cover and remove the cover.
Should it be necessary to break a cover out of the case, use flat-nose pliers and take
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 / must connect several cables directly to the card itself. Due to certain laws of
physics that apply on this planet, it is very likely that they will dangle downward, possi-
bly covering any cards and their connectors installed below. And last but not least:
Please read the IRQ Tutorial on Ü page 39.
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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 en-
sure that your body is completely discharged (no joke) via your computer without af-
fecting 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 golden connector pins is located exactly
over the PCI slot.
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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. It
should not be necessary to use force.
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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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