Expansion Slots - ECS A790GXM-AD3 Manual

Expansion Slots

Installing Add-on Cards
The slots on this motherboard are designed to hold expansion cards and connect
them to the system bus. Expansion slots are a means of adding or enhancing the
motherboard's features and capabilities. With these efficient facilities, you can
increase the motherboard's capabilities by adding hardware that performs tasks that
are not part of the basic system.
PCIE16X_1~2 The PCI Express x16 slots are used to install two external PCI
Slots
Express graphics cards that are fully compliant to the PCI Ex-
press Gen2 (version 2.0). For CrossFireX
refer to Chapter 5.
PCIE1~2 Slots The PCI Express x1 slots are fully compliant to the PCI Express
Gen2 (version 2.0) as well.
PCI1~2 Slots
This motherboard is equipped with two standard PCI slots. PCI
stands for Peripheral Component Interconnect and is a bus stan-
dard for expansion cards, which for the most part, is a supple-
ment of the older ISA bus standard. The PCI slots on this board
are PCI v2.3 compliant.
Before installing an add-on card, check the documentation for
the card carefully. If the card is not Plug and Play, you may have
to manually configure the card before installation.
Installing the Motherboard
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