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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.
Remove any existing audio card
or disable the onboard audio.
For more information, see
“Troubleshooting and FAQs” on
page B-1.
PCI slot
Figure 2-2: Removing metal brackets
ISA slot (on older mainboards)
metal bracket
Remove screws (if any) and put
aside for securing the audio card’s
metal bracket.