Installing Add-On Cards - ECS 915GV-M10 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.
PCI
The PCI Express Lite (PCI-E1) slot is used to install an external PCI Ex-
Express
press graphics card.
Lite Slot
PCI
The PCI Express x1 (PCI-E2) slot is used to install an external PCI Express
Express
graphics card.
x 1 Slot
PCI Slots This motherboard is equipped with two standard PCI slots. PCI stands for
Peripheral Component Interconnect and is a bus standard for expansion
cards. 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