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Alazar Technologies Inc.
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ATS9353 User Manual
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Physically install the digitizer in your computer
Identify an unused PCI Express slot on your motherboard. As per PCI Express
specification, the 4-lane ATS9353 card is compatible with any 4-lane, 8-lane or
16-lane connector on the motherboard. Make sure that your computer is
powered off before you attempt to insert the ATS9353 digitizer in one of the free
PCI Express slots. For best noise performance, leave as much room as possible
between your ATS9353 and other hardware. Always screw the digitizer bracket
to the chassis in order to create a stable and robust connection to chassis
ground. In the absence of such a connection, ATS9353 is not guaranteed to
operate within the specifications listed elsewhere in this manual.
Some motherboards may have a 16-lane connector, but only one or four of
the lanes is connected to the motherboard chipset. Motherboard manufacturers
refer to this as “Mechanically 16-lane, electrically 1 lane”. ATS9353 is fully
compatible with such motherboards, but the data throughput across PCI Express
bus will be limited by the number of lanes.
Please note that the PCI Express Revision has to be supported by both your
motherboard and your CPU model. For example, the ASRock X79Extreme11
motherboard supports PCIe Gen 3, but the Intel i7-3820 CPU only supports PCIe
Gen 2. A system made of these two components will only support PCIe Gen 2.
Electrically, ATS9353 is compatible with Gen 1, Gen 2 and Gen 3 slots. Note that
data throughput will be halved if ATS9353 is plugged into a Gen1 slot.