Installing Full-Height, Half-Length Pcie Boards - Matrox 4Sight X Installation And Hardware Reference

68 Chapter 3: Adding devices to the Matrox 4Sight X motherboard
Installing a full-height, half-length PCIe board in a Matrox 4Sight XB unit (cutaway view of unit)
Riser board
Note that the top
PCIe connector
on the riser board
is inactive

Installing full-height, half-length PCIe boards

You can connect one or two full-height, half-length x1, x4, or x8
the internal riser board of the Matrox 4Sight XB unit. To do so, after opening the
side door of the unit, follow the steps below.
1. Insert the board through the open side door, as illustrated below.
Full-height, half-length
PCIe board
1. The connectors on the riser board are x8 PCIe connectors supporting x1 or x4 electri-
cal connections. If you install an x8 PCIe board in one of the slots, the x8 PCIe board
will operate at a maximum of x4 PCIe or x1 PCIe, depending on the next lowest com-
mon configuration supported by the PCIe board and the riser board (x4 PCIe or
x1 PCIe).
Card cage
Side door
1
PCIe boards to
Screw