Expansion Slots - ECS P67H2-A2 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 in-
crease 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 external PCI
Slots
Express graphics cards that are fully compliant to the PCI Ex-
press Base Specification revision 2.0. (one (x16) or two (x8,
x8))
The PCI Express x1 slot is fully compliant to the PCI Express
PCIE Slot
Base Specification revision 2.0.
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 v3.0 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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