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Z270-LIGHTSABER USER MANUAL
2-3-4. 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_1~3 Slots *
The PCI Express x16 slots are used to install an external PCI
Express graphics card that is fully compliant to the PCI Express
Base Specification revision 3.0.
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.
The PCI Express x1 slots are fully compliant to the PCI Express
Base Specification revision 3.0.
PCIE1~4 Slots
Recommend add_on card configuration
* 1. Please insert your PCIe Card (VGA card) on gray PCIEX16 slot
(PCIEX16_1) when you use one PCIe Card (VGA card), please
referer to Chapter 2-3-4.
2. If inserting two PCIe Cards (VGA card) into PCIEX16_1 and
PCIEX16_2 slots, both two slots will run at X8 mode.
3. If inserting three PCIe Cards (VGA card) into PCIEX16_1~3 slots,
the PCIEX16_1 and PCIEX16_2 will run at X8 mode, while the
PCIEX16_3 will run at x4 mode.
The M2_2280M slot is M.2 Socket 3 with M key, supports type
2242/2260/2280 storage devices (both PCIE & SATA mode). It will
provide high transfer performance than original SATA interface.
M2_2280M Slot
PCIe 3.0 x16_1 (gray) PCIe 3.0 x16_2 PCIe 3.0 x16_3
Single VGA/PCIe card
x16
(Recommended for single VGA card)
N/A N/A
Dual VGA/PCIe cards x8 x8 N/A
Triple VGA/PCIe cards x8 x8 x4
VGA configuration
PCI Express operating mode