Expansion Slots - ECS A990FXM-A Manual

Expansion Slots

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 in-
crease the motherboard's capabilities by adding hardware that performs tasks that are
not part of the basic system.
P C I E X 1 6 _ 1 ~ 2
Slots
PCIE1~2 Slots
P C I E X 1 6 _ S
Slot
PCI Slot
The PCI Express x16 slots are used to install external PCI
Express graphics cards that are fully compliant to the PCI
Express Gen2 (version 2.0).
The PCI Express x1 slots are fully compliant to the PCI
Express Gen2 (version 2.0).
The PCI Express x16_S slot is used to install an external
PCI Express graphics card that is fully compliant to the PCI
Express Gen2 (version 2.0).
This motherboard is equipped with one standard PCI slot.
PCI stands for Peripheral Component Interconnect and is a
bus standard for expansion cards, which for the most part, is
a supplement of the older ISA bus standard. The PCI slot on
this board is 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 installa-
tion.
Installing the Motherboard
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