Shrinking a PCI riser-card assembly

Use this information to shrink a PCI riser-card assembly.

If you are removing a full-length adapter in the upper riser-card PCI slot and will replace it with a shorter adapter or no adapter, you must shrink the full-length PCI riser-card assembly.

Figure 1. Shrinking a PCI riser-card assembly

To shrink the full-length PCI riser-card assembly, complete the following steps:

1. Rotate the thumb screw 1, which is far from the PCI slot end, counterclockwise and shorten the PCI riser-card assembly 2.
2. Fasten the thumbscrew.
3. Return to Installing an adapter or Installing a PCI riser-card assembly, as applicable.