Expansion Slots - Biostar Hi-Fi B150Z3 Manual

2.5 Expansion Slots

PCI1/PCI2: Peripheral Component Interconnect Slots
• This motherboard is equipped with 2 standard PCI slots. PCI stands for Peripheral
Component Interconnect, and it is a bus standard for expansion cards.
PEX16_1: PCI-Express Gen3 x16 Slot
• PCI-Express 3.0 compliant.
• Maximum theoretical realized bandwidth of 16GB/s simultaneously per direction, for an
aggregate of 32GB/s totally.
PEX1_1: PCI-Express Gen3 x1 Slot
• PCI-Express 3.0 compliant.
• Data transfer bandwidth up to 1GB/s per direction; 2GB/s in total
PCIE-M2_1: M.2 (Key M) Slot
• The M.2 slot supports M.2 Type 2242/2260/2280 SSD module. When installing M.2 SSD
module, please place the screw and hex pillar to correct position.
• The M.2 slot supports M.2 SATAIII 6.0 Gb/s module and M.2 PCI Express module up to
Gen3 x4 (32Gb/s)
Note
» M.2 slot is only for Hi-Fi H170Z3.
» When using SATA SSD module on PCIE-M2_1 slot, the SATA3_2L connector be will disabled.
» When using PCIe SSD module on PCIE-M2_1 slot, the SATA3_1U/2U connectors will be disabled.
Install an Expansion Card
You can install your expansion card by following steps:
• Read the related expansion card's instruction document before install the expansion
card into the computer.
• Remove your computer's chassis cover, screws and slot bracket from the computer.
• Place a card in the expansion slot and press down on the card until it is completely
seated in the slot.
• Secure the card's metal bracket to the chassis back panel with a screw.
• Replace your computer's chassis cover.
• Power on the computer, if necessary, change BIOS settings for the expansion card.
• Install related driver for the expansion card.
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