Installing Add-On Cards - ECS Z87H3-A2X EXTREME User Manual

2-4-4. 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.
PCIEX161~3 Slots
The PCI Express x16 slots are used to install external PCI
Express graphics cards that are fully compliant to the PCI
Express Base Specification revision 3.0.
PCI Slot
This motherboard is equipped with one standard PCI slot. PCI
stands for Peripheral Component Interconnect and is a bus
standard for expansion cards, which for the most part, is a
supplement of the older ISA bus standard. The PCI slots on this
board is PCI v2.3 compliant.
The PCI Express x1 slots is fully compliant to the PCI Express Base
PCIE1 Slot
Specification revision 2.0.
The mSATA/Mini PCI Express x1 slot is for extending usage, such
mSATA/
as mSATA card/wireless card or TV card.
MINI_PCIE Slot
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.
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