Installing Hardware 2-2
Step 2: Prepare your
computer
1. Turn off your computer and all peripheral
devices.
2. Touch a metal plate on your computer to ground
yourself and to discharge any static electricity,
and then unplug the power cord from the wall
outlet.
3. Remove the computer cover.
4. Remove the metal brackets from two adjacent
unused PCI slots as shown in Figure 2-2. Put the
screws aside for use later.
Remove any existing audio
card or disable the onboard
audio. For more information,
see “Problems with Multiple
Audio Devices” on page B-9.
Figure 2-2: Removing metal plates
metal
bracket
PCI slot
ISA slot (on older mainboards)
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