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Installing Upgrades 101
5 Grasp the card by its top corners, and ease it out of its connector.
6 If you are removing the card permanently, install a filler bracket in the
empty card-slot opening, using the screw you removed in step 4.
If you need a filler bracket, contact Dell and order part number 81808.
NOTE: Installing filler brackets over empty card-slot openings is
necessary to maintain Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
certification of the system. The brackets also keep dust and dirt out of
your computer.
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If you removed the AGP brace, replace it.
8 Replace the computer cover, reconnect the computer and peripherals
to their electrical outlets, and turn them on.
NOTE: If enabled, the Chassis Intrusion option will cause the following
message to be displayed at the next system start-up:
ALERT! Cover was previously removed.
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If you removed a sound card, perform the following steps:
a Enter system setup, select Integrated Devices and change the
setting for Sound to On.
b Connect external audio devices to the audio connectors on the
system back panel (see "Back-Panel Connectors and Indicators").
10 If you removed an add-in NIC, perform the following steps:
a Enter system setup, select Integrated Devices and change the
setting for Network Interface Card to On.
b Connect the network cable to the integrated NIC connector on
the system back panel (see "Back-Panel Connectors and
Indicators").
Microprocessor
Upgrading the Microprocessor
NOTE: Dell recommends that only a technically knowledgeable person
perform this procedure.