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AGP and DVI Adapter Cards

Dell™ OptiPlex™ GX270 Systems User's Guide

CAUTION: Before you begin any of the procedures in this section, follow the steps in "Safety Instructions."

CAUTION: To prevent static damage to components inside your computer, discharge static electricity from your body before you touch any of your computer's electronic components. You can do so by touching an unpainted metal surface on the computer chassis.

Your Dell™ computer provides a connector for an AGP or DVI adapter card.

NOTE: The DVI adapter card works through your computer's integrated graphics. To control the adapter through your operating system, click the Start button, click Control Panel, and then click the driver's user-interface icon.

1. Shut down the computer through the Start menu.
   
   
2. Ensure that your computer and attached devices are turned off. If your computer and attached devices did not automatically turn off when you shut down your computer, turn them off now.
   
   

NOTICE: To disconnect a network cable, first unplug the cable from your computer and then unplug it from the network wall jack.

3. Disconnect any telephone or telecommunication lines from the computer.
   
   
4. Disconnect your computer and all attached devices from their electrical outlets, and then press the power button to ground the system board.
   
   
5. Remove the computer stand, if it is attached.
   
   

CAUTION: To guard against electrical shock, always unplug your computer from the electrical outlet before opening the cover.

6. Open the computer cover.
   
   

NOTICE: Before touching anything inside your computer, ground yourself by touching an unpainted metal surface, such as the metal at the back of the computer. While you work, periodically touch an unpainted metal surface to dissipate any static electricity that could harm internal components.

Removing an AGP/DVI Adapter Card

1. Remove the filler bracket by raising the hinged lever and sliding the bracket up.
   
   

Press the indented tab on the hinged lever with your thumb until you release the tab. Continue holding the lever and pull the lever up.

1	hinged lever
2	indented tab (side view)

2. Press the card lever toward the PCI connector.
   
   
3. Pull the card up and out of the card clip.
   
   

1	notch	4	card clip
2	lever	5	AGP connector
3	tab	6	PCI connector

Installing an AGP/DVI Adapter Card

1. To add or replace the card, press the card lever toward the PCI connector and gently press the card into the AGP connector until it clicks into place.
   
   
2. Release the card lever, ensuring that the tab fits into the notch on the front end of the card.
   
   
3. Secure the card by lowering the hinged lever on the back panel.
   
   
4. Close the computer cover.
   
   
5. Attach the computer stand, if it is used.
   
   

NOTICE: To connect a network cable, first plug the cable into the network wall jack and then plug it into the computer.

6. Connect your computer and devices to electrical outlets, and turn them on.
   
   
7. Connect the monitor cable to the card's video connector.
   
   

After you open and close the cover, the chassis intrusion detector, if enabled, causes the following message to appear on the screen at the next computer start-up:

ALERT! Cover was previously removed.

8. Reset the chassis intrusion detector by changing Chassis Intrusion to Enabled or Enabled-Silent.
   
   

NOTE: If a setup password has been assigned by someone else, contact your network administrator for information on resetting the chassis intrusion detector.

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