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Upgrade Guide

Install a new graphics card, step by step.

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2. Swap the Cards

Power down your PC, disconnect the monitor connector from the rear of the graphics card, and take off the PC's cover.

Remove the screw that holds the existing graphics card, touch part of the system case to ground yourself, and carefully pull out the card.

Identify the appropriate slot--AGP (A) or PCI (B). Align and insert the new card, as shown for AGP (C) or PCI (D), and then tighten the screw that holds it in.

Hook up the monitor cable to the rear connector on the graphics card. Don't replace the cover on your computer just yet.

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