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Installing the Motherboard
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.
AGPRO1
Slot
PCI Slots This motherboard is equipped with two standard PCI slots. PCI stands for
Peripheral Component Interconnect and is a bus standard for expansion
cards, which for the most part, is a supplement of the older ISA bus stan-
dard. The PCI slots on this board are PCI v2.2 compliant.
The AGP Express slot is used to install an AGP graphics card that emulates
the AGP function. To get better performance and compatibility on our
special designed AGPRO slot, we recommend users use one of the AGP
graphics cards that have been tested by our company. See the “
AGP Ex-
press Graphics Cards Support List ” or visit our website at “http://
www.ecs.com.tw” for the updated support list.
CNR Slots This slot is used to insert CNR card with Modem and Audio functionality.
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 capabili-
ties by adding hardware that performs tasks that are not part of the basic system.
PCI-E1 Slot The PCI Express x16 slot is fully compliant to the PCI Express Base
Specification revision 1.0a.
PCI-E2~3
Slots The two PCI Express x1 slots are fully compliant to the PCI Express Base
Specification revision 1.0a.