Installing Expansion Card Into Expansion Card Riser - Dell EMC PowerEdge R940 Installation And Service Manual

Figure 76. Removing the expansion card from expansion card riser
Next steps
1 Install the expansion card into expansion card riser.
2 If you are removing the card permanently, install a metal filler bracket over the empty expansion slot opening and lower the PCIe card
latch to lock the bracket in place.
NOTE: You must install a filler bracket over an empty expansion card slot to maintain Federal Communications
Commission (FCC) certification of the system. The brackets also keep dust and dirt out of the system and aid in
proper cooling and airflow inside the system.
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Installing expansion card into expansion card riser

Installing expansion card into expansion card riser
Prerequisites
1 Follow the safety guidelines listed in
2 If installing a new expansion card, unpack it and prepare the card for installation.
NOTE: For instructions, see the documentation accompanying the card.
Steps
1 If installed, remove the filler bracket.
Safety instructions.
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