Expansion Cards - Dell OptiPlex GX1 Installation Manual

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Installing System Board Options: Dell™ OptiPlex™ GX1 and GX1p Midsize Managed PC

Systems

Overview

Expansion Cards

Adding Memory

Overview

This chapter describes how to install the following options:

Industry-Standard Architecture (ISA) and Peripheral Component Interconnect (PCI) expansion cards

System memory

Video memory (GX1 only)

Microprocessor

This chapter also includes instructions for replacing the

Use Figure 1 to locate the system board features.

Figure 1. System Board Features

Expansion Cards

Expansion cards are installed on the computer's riser board (see

(see

Figure

1) and is considered an extension of the system board.

The system accommodates up to five expansion cards, which can be a mix of 32-bit PCI expansion cards, and 8- and 16-bit ISA expansion cards.

(See Figure 2 for examples of ISA and PCI expansion cards.)

Figure 2. Expansion Cards

Adding Video Memory (OptiPlex GX1 Only)

Upgrading the Microprocessor

Replacing the System Battery

system

battery, if necessary.

Figure

3). The riser board plugs into the RISER connector on the system board

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