Expansion Slots (Pci And Pci Express Slots) - ASROCK K10N780SLIX3-WIFI User Manual

2.4 Expansion Slots (PCI and PCI Express Slots)

2.4 Expansion Slots (PCI and PCI Express Slots) 2.4 Expansion Slots (PCI and PCI Express Slots)
2.4 Expansion Slots (PCI and PCI Express Slots) 2.4 Expansion Slots (PCI and PCI Express Slots)
There are 2 PCI slots and 4 PCI Express slots on this motherboard.
PCI Slots: PCI slots are used to install expansion cards that have the 32-bit PCI
interface.
PCIE Slots:
PCIE1 / PCIE2 (PCIE x16 slot; Green) is used for PCI Express x16 lane
width graphics cards, or used to install PCI Express graphics cards to
support SLI function.
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PCIE3 (PCIE x1 slot; White) is used for PCI Express cards with x1 lane
width cards, such as Gigabit LAN card, SATA2 card, etc.
PCIE4 (PCIE x16 slot; Blue) is used for PCI Express x1 lane width cards,
such as Gigabit LAN card, SATA2 card, and ASRock PCIE_DE card, or
used to install PCI Express graphics cards to support 3-Way SLI
function.
PCIE1 / PCIE2 / PCIE4 / SLI/XFire Switch Card Retention Slot
PCIE1
(Green)
PCIE x16 PCIE x16 PCIE x1
Dual Graphics Cards
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in SLI Mode
Triple Graphics Cards PCIE x16 PCIE x8
in 3-Way SLI TM Mode
Configurations
PCIE2 PCIE4 SLI/XFire Switch Card
(Green) (Blue) Retention Slot
PCIE x8
(Default)
1 9 1 9 1 9 1 9 1 9
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