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2.7
Installing an expansion card
In the future, you may need to install expansion cards. The motherboard
has one PCI and one PCI Express™ x16 slot. The following sub-sections
describe the slots and the expansion cards that they support.
Make sure to unplug the power cord before adding or removing
expansion cards. Failure to do so may cause you physical injury and
damage the motherboard.
2.7.1
Expansion slots
PCI slot
The PCI slots support PCI cards such
as a LAN card, SCSI card, USB card,
and other cards that comply with PCI
specifications. The figure shows a
LAN card installed on a PCI slot.
PCI Express™ x16 slot
This motherboard supports PCI
Express™ x16 graphic cards
that comply with PCI Express™
specifications. The figure shows a
graphics card installed on the PCI
Express™ x16 slot.
The chassis supports PCI Express x 16 cards with 204.63mm x 108mm x
16mm or smaller dimensions only.
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