The 845E-ANT MAINBOARD
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2.3.3. PCI Slots
The 845E-ANT mainboard comes with six PCI slots. They are located on the
left hand side of the board. Both PCI and PCI expansion cards may require
IRQ’s. This mainboard complies with Plug and Play (PnP) specifications. When-
ever a PnP compliant card is added the system will automatically be configured
and the IRQ’s will be assigned automatically.
When you are inserting your PCI card make sure that the pins are correctly
aligned. When the pins are properly aligned with the hole’s in the slot, push
down gently.
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2.3.4. AGP (Accelerated Graphics Port) Slot
AGP is a dedicated bus slot. It operates at 66 MHz and transfers data at a rate
up to 1066 MB/s. This allows 3D applications to run more smoothly. The
845E-ANT mainboard comes with a 1.5V AGP slot which is able to support
1x, 2x and 4x AGP cards.
Only 1.5 volt AGP graphics cards are supported by the Intel
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845E
chipset motherboards. If a 3.3 volt AGP card is used in an Intel
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845E
chipset based motherboard there is a high probability of damaging the
chipset, the mainboard and the CPU. (Please see Appendix A on P45)
