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2-12 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
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
Ensure to unplug the power cord before adding or removing expansion cards.
Failure to do so may cause you physical injury and damage the motherboard.
The chassis supports PCI Express x 16 cards with 192 mm x 19 mm or smaller
dimensions only.
PCI Express™ x16 slot
This motherboard supports PCI Express™
x16 graphic cards that comply with PCI
Express™ specifications. The figure
shows a graphics card installed on the
PCI Express™ x16 slot.