Using The Expansion Slots - ECS P6BAP-Me User Manual

Using the Expansion Slots

This mainboard has several expansion slots. You can install add-in cards
into these slots to add new features to your system. In order to get your
system started, you must install an add-in graphics adapter. The
mainboard has three kinds of expansion slots.
AGP Slot: The AGP slot can be used to install a graphics adapter that
has the AGP (Accelerated Graphics Port) interface.
PCI Slots: The PCI slots can be used to install add-in cards that have
the 32-bit PCI (Peripheral Components Interconnect) interface.
ISA Slot: The ISA slot can be used to install add-in cards that have the
legacy 8/16-bit ISA (Industry Standard Architecture) interface.
Note: The third PCI slot PCI3 is shared with the ISA slot ISA1.
This means that you may use either one of these slots, but you
cannot use both of them at the same time.
PCI1
PCI3
1. Before installing an expansion 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.
2. Select which expansion slot you are going to use for your add-in
card.
AGP1
PCI2
ISA1
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