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2-14 Chapter 2: Basic installation
2.7 Installing an expansion card
In the future, you may need to install expansion cards. The motherboard
has one PCI and one PCI Express™ x16 slot. The following sub-sections
describe the slots and the expansion cards that they support.
2.7.1 Expansion slots
Make sure to unplug the power cord before adding or removing
expansion cards. Failure to do so may cause you physical injury and
damage the motherboard.
PCI Express™ x16 slot
This motherboard supports PCI
Express™ x16 graphic cards
that comply with PCI Express™
specications. The gure shows a
graphics card installed on the PCI
Express™ x16 slot.
PCI slot
The PCI slots support PCI cards such
as a LAN card, SCSI card, USB card,
and other cards that comply with PCI
specications. The gure shows a
LAN card installed on a PCI slot.
The chassis supports PCI Express x 16 cards with 204.63mm x 108mm x
16mm or smaller dimensions only.