Installation Of Expansion Cards - Gigabyte GA-965P-DQ6 User Manual

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Installation of Expansion Cards

You can install your expansion card by following the steps outlined below:
1. Read the related expansion card's instruction document before install the expansion card into the
computer.
2. Remove your computer's chassis cover, screws and slot bracket from the computer.
3. Press the expansion card firmly into expansion slot in motherboard.
4. Be sure the metal contacts on the card are indeed seated in the slot.
5. Replace the screw to secure the slot bracket of the expansion card.
6. Replace your computer's chassis cover.
7. Power on the computer, if necessary, setup BIOS utility of expansion card from BIOS.
8. Install related driver from the operating system.
For example: Installing a PCI Express x16 VGA card:
To remove the VGA card on the PCIE_16_1 slot:
Please carefully pull out the small white-drawable bar at the end of the
PCIE_16 slot when you try to uninstall the VGA card.
Or you can also press the latch on the opposite side of the drawable
bar as the picture to the left shows.
To remove the VGA card on the PCIE_16_2 slot:
When you try to uninstall the VGA card on the PCIE_16_2 slot, you can
press the latch as the picture to the left shows to release the card.
The motherboard includes a PCIE_12V power connector, which provides
extra power to the onboard PCI Express x16 slot. When installing two
graphics cards, please connect the power cable from the power supply to
this connector.
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To install the VGA card:
Please align the VGA card to the onboard PCI
Express x16 slot and press firmly down on
the slot. Make sure your VGA card is locked
by the small white-drawable bar.
Hardware Installation