P6LX2-A User’s Manual
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Package & Product Information – 1.7
The RAIDport™ Slot Extension
The slot extension to PCI4 is for the Adaptec RAID
port
™ tech-
nology that allows you to add an Adaptec ARO-1130 or compat-
ible RAID (Redundant Array of Independent Disks) controller
card. The card uses both the PCI slot and the extension.
With a RAID controller card installed, either or both SCSI types
on the mainboard can be used to establish a RAID array. Please
see Section 2 for information on using this feature.
The AGP Slot
The AGP (Accelerated Graphics Port) slot is for an AGP 3D
video display card. Unlike PCI-based display cards, the AGP tech-
nology provides sufficient data throughput and speed to facili-
tate fully enabled 3-Dimensional and multimedia graphics dis-
play. AGP display cards using this dedicated slot are available
from a variety of vendors.
The AGP slot also requires Operating System support. Win-
dows 98 directly supports AGP and other support methods may
be forthcoming. Please see Section 2 for more information.
Onboard SCSI Connections
This mainboard uses an Adaptec SCSI controller that supports
two SCSI implementations. The 50-pin connector on the board
and the supplied ribbon cable are for SCSI-2 Wide SCSI. The 68-
pin connector is for the SCSI-3 Ultra Wide SCSI feature.
Support software and additional documentation for the SCSI
hardware is on the Support Disk that comes with the mainboard.
Please see Section 3 for information on using these.
Memory Sockets & Modules
There are four memory module sockets on the mainboard
which use 168-pin DIMM memory modules. The sockets func-
tion independently, enabling very flexible memory configuration
with a variety of memory options up to a total of 512MB SDRAM
or 1GB EDO memory. For more information see Adding System
Memory in Section 3.