ECS GF7050VT-M, Manual

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Installing the Motherboard
Expansion Slots
Installing Add-on Cards
The slots on this motherboard are designed to hold expansion cards and connect them
to the system bus. Expansion slots are a means of adding or enhancing the
motherboard’s features and capabilities. With these efficient facilities, you can
increase the motherboard’s capabilities by adding hardware that performs tasks that
are not part of the basic system.
PCIEX16 Slot The PCI Express x16 slot is used to install an external PCI Express
graphics card that is fully compliant to the PCI Express Base
Specification revision 1.1.
PCI1~2 Slots
This motherboard is equipped with two standard PCI slots. PCI
stands for Peripheral Component Interconnect and is a bus stan-
dard for expansion cards, which for the most part, is a supplement
of the older ISA bus standard. The PCI slots on this board are PCI
v2.3 compliant.
The PCI Express x1 slot is fully compliant to the PCI Express
Base Specification revision 1.1 as well.
PCIEX1 Slot
Before installing an add-on card, check the documentation for the
card carefully. If the card is not Plug and Play, you may have to
manually configure the card before installation.