Expansion Slots (Pci And Pci Express Slots) - ASROCK A88M-G/3.1 User Manual

2.4 Expansion Slots (PCI and PCI Express Slots)

There are 1 PCI slot and 3 PCI Express slots on this motherboard.
Before installing an expansion card, please make sure that the power supply
is switched off or the power cord is unplugged. Please read the documenta-
tion of the expansion card and make necessary hardware settings for the card
before you start the installation.
PCI Slots: PCI slots are used to install expansion cards that have the 32-bit PCI
interface.
PCIE Slots:
PCIE2 (PCIe 2.0 x1 slot) is used for PCI Express cards with x1 lane
width cards.
PCIE1 (PCIe 3.0 x16 slot) is used for PCI Express x16 lane width
graphics cards.
PCIE3 (PCIe 2.0 x16 slot) is used for PCI Express x4 lane width
graphics cards.
PCIe Slot Configurations
Single Graphics Card
Two Graphics Cards in
TM
CrossFireX
For a better thermal environment, please connect a chassis fan to the moth-
erboard's chassis fan connector (CHA_FAN1 or CHA_FAN2) when using
multiple graphics cards.
PCIE1
x16
x16
Mode
PCIE3
N/A
x4
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