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Chapter 2: Basic installation
2.6.2
Expansion card installation
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.
To install an expansion card:
1. Lay the system on its side on a flat
and stable surface.
2. Lift the expansion card lock to a 90º-
100º angle.
2.6
Installing an expansion card
In the future, you may need to install expansion cards. The motherboard has two
PCI, one PCI Express™ x1, and one PCI Express™ x16 slot. The following sub-
sections describe the slots and the expansion cards that they support.
2.6.1
Expansion slots
PCI slots
The PCI slots support cards such as a LAN card, SCSI card, USB card, and other
cards that comply with PCI specifications.
PCI Express x16 slot
This motherboard supports PCI Express x16 graphic cards that comply with the
PCI Express specifications. The following figure shows a graphics card installed on
the PCI Express x16 slot.
PCI Express x1 slot
This motherboard supports PCI Express x1 network cards, SCSI cards and other
cards that comply with the PCI Express specifications.
The system supports low profile PCI, PCI Express x16, and PCI Express x1
cards. You can only install low profile expansion cards on this system. Ask your
retailer for details.
Before installing an expansion card, read the documentation that came with it
and make the necessary hardware settings for the card.
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