How To Install A Pci Card - Sun Microsystems Enterprise 250 Owner's Manual

How to Install a PCI Card

Before You Begin
Complete these tasks:
4 "How to Power Off the System" on page 55
4 "How to Remove the Side Access Panel" on page 60
4 "How to Avoid Electrostatic Discharge" on page 64
Read the documentation supplied with the PCI card for information about jumper
settings, PCI slot requirements, and cable connections.
Know what type of PCI card you are installing or replacing and in which slot the
card belongs on the main logic board; see:
4 "About Peripheral Component Interconnect (PCI) Buses" on page 80
Video Demonstration
Figure 6–11
Click on the icon above for a video demonstration.
Click here for Appendix E.
What to Do
1. If you are installing a new PCI card, remove the filler panel from the
appropriate slot. Otherwise go to step 2.
a. Remove the Phillips screw that secures the PCI filler panel to the system
b. Lift out the filler panel.
2. Insert the PCI card into the appropriate slot on the main logic board.
To install a PCI short card:
a. Insert the faceplate end of the card into the appropriate slot opening in the
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rear panel.
Use a magnetized screwdriver, if possible, to prevent the screw from falling
into the system chassis.
rear panel.