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02-09-2017 10:56 AM
Hi,
You can use the screw that you removed from the metal bay cover and use it to secure the card into the same hole. Tighten the screw firmly but not so tightly that it will strip later.
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02-09-2017 05:48 PM
Here is the Service manual, and as @banhien explained, the computer should have the rear cover plate. See the section entitled "Removing and Replacing an Add-in Card'. It shows the plate. Different variations have different screw locations, but whatever, the plate is held-down by the screw.
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02-09-2017 09:31 PM
I did some investigative work.
After everything is said and done, it comes down to this:
After I removed the L bracket from the computer, which revealed the PCi bracket of my video card, that was factory installed.
Surprisingly, as far as I could tell, there were no screws holding it i(the video card,) n place.
Therefore, are the brackets - of the PCI cards - held in place by the L bracket? Therefore, no screws would be needed?
Thanks in advance,
Chef_D
