bolt II - Video card removal

Hello,

i will be upgrading the video card in my bolt II system soon. What would be the best way to remove the existing card? unfortunately there is no video guide for removing the video card for the bolt ii system that i have seen. this would be first time removing the video card from my system and i would like to avoid making any mistakes.

Thanks!   

It isn't hard!

- First, remove the back side of the case (the side the GPU is on)
- Next, you need to unscrew the GPU bracket (with "REMOVABLE" printed on it). There are 4 philips head screws, 2 horizontally positioned below the GPU on the side you just exposed and 2 vertically oriented on the back side where the I/O is
- After the screws are out, you're going to want to pull the GPU and bracket out as one unit toward the side you exposed when removing the panel. You are not taking it completely out, just enough to get access to the GPU. The bracket has a PCI-e extender attached to it; this extender is flexible, but it will still give some resistance. There are also the PCI-e power connectors on the top-side of the GPU to be mindful of when removing...there is a lip on the chassis that might get in the way a little
- After the bracket and GPU are pulled out enough to have full access to the GPU, remove the PCI-e power connectors on the top of the GPU (they have small clips on the side), unscrew the GPU from the bracket (these will be the two that you see looking down in the back), and they you will need to unlatch the PCI-e slot retainer located on the front-most part of where the GPU slots in (you may need a small screw driver or something to reach in there...it's not really easy to get to with the design of the bracket
- After that it should be free to remove...reverse steps to install a new card