Installing Add-On Cards - ECS RD480-A939 User Manual

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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 capabili-
ties by adding hardware that performs tasks that are not part of the basic system.
PCIEx16
Slot
PCIEx1
Slot
PCI 1~2
Slots
The two PCI Express x16 slots are used to install an external PCI Express
graphics card that is fully compliant to the PCI Express Base Specification
revision 1.0a.
The two PCI Express x1 slots are used to install an external PCI Express
graphics card that is fully compliant to the PCI Express Base Specification
revision 1.0a.
This motherboard is equipped with two standard PCI slots. 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 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