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Figure 37. Removing a PCIe expansion card
3. If the expansion card is not going to be replaced, install a filler bracket and close the card retention latch.
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.
Figure 38. Installing the filler bracket
Next steps
Replace the expansion
card.
Installing a PCIe expansion card
Prerequisites
1. Follow the safety guidelines listed in the
2. Follow the procedure listed in
Safety
instructions.
Before working inside your
system.
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