Inserting the Client Adapter
Slide the bracket away from the card; then tilt the bracket to free the antenna cable.
Step 2
Caution
Do not pull on the antenna cable or detach it from the PCI card. The antenna is meant to be permanently
attached to the card.
Hold the low-profile bracket to the card so that the LEDs slip through their corresponding holes on the
Step 3
bracket.
Insert the screws that you removed in Step 1into the holes on the populated side of the card near the
Step 4
bracket (see
Inserting the Card
Follow the steps below to insert a PCI card into your PC.
Step 1
Turn off the PC and all its components.
Step 2
Remove the computer cover.
Note
Step 3
Remove the screw from the top of the CPU back panel above an empty PCI expansion slot. This screw
holds the metal bracket on the back panel.
Static electricity can damage your PCI card. Before removing the card from the anti-static packaging,
Caution
discharge static by touching a metal part of a grounded PC.
Locate an empty PCI expansion slot inside your computer.
Step 4
Slip your card's antenna through the opening near the empty expansion slot so that it is located outside
Step 5
of the computer. See
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1-12
Figure
1-4) and tighten.
On most Pentium PCs, PCI expansion slots are white. Refer to your PC documentation for slot
identification.
Figure
1-5.
Chapter 1
Product Overview and Installation
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