Slot; Pci (Peripheral Component Interconnect) Express Slots; Pci (Peripheral Component Interconnect) Slots - MSI 482 User Manual

2.9 Slot

The motherboard provides one PCI Express x1 slot, one PCI Express x16
slot, and two 32-bit/33MHz PCI slots.

PCI (Peripheral Component Interconnect) Express Slots

The PCI Express slots support high-bandwidth, low pin count, and serial
interconnect technology. You can insert the expansion cards to meet your needs.
W hen adding or removing expansion cards, make sure that you unplug the
power supply first.
PCI Express architecture provides a high performance I/O infrastructure
for Desktop Platforms with transfer rates starting at 2.5 Giga transfers per
second over a PCI Express x1 lane for Gigabit Ethernet, TV Tuners, 1394
controllers, and general purpose I/O. Also, desktop platforms with PCI Express
Architecture will be designed to deliver highest performance in video, graphics,
multimedia and other sophisticated applications. Moreover, PCI Express archi-
tecture provides a high performance graphics infrastructure for Desktop Plat-
forms doubling the capability of existing AGP 8x designs with transfer rates of 4.
0 GB/s over a PCI Express x16 lane for graphics controllers, while PCI Express
x1 supports transfer rate of 250 MB/s.

PCI (Peripheral Component Interconnect) Slots

The PCI slots allow you to insert the expansion cards to meet your
needs. When adding or removing expansion cards, make sure that you unplug
the power supply first. Meanwhile, read the documentation for the expansion
card to make any necessary hardware or software settings for the expansion
card, such as jumpers, switches or BIOS configuration.
Chapter 2 - Mainboard Hardware
PCI Express x16 slot
PCI Express x1 slot
PCI Slot
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