P6EX-A+ User’s Manual
3:
Reconfiguring Your Mainboard – 3.1
3: Reconfiguring Your Mainboard
This section explains how to install new hardware on your
mainboard. It covers installing expansion cards, adding system
memory, changing the CPU and installing additional IDE periph-
eral devices such as a hard disk or a CD-ROM drive.
Installing Expansion Cards
There are six standard expansion card slots on the mainboard,
three ISA slots and three PCI slots. When you get an expansion
card, it will come with instructions on how to install it, so this
section covers relevant information from the mainboard side only.
ISA Cards & Slots
ISA expansion cards often use system resources in the form of
IRQs and DMA channels. Newer cards that comply with the
Plug and Play (PnP) standard are designed to allow the Operating
System to automatically configure system resources. Cards that
do not support PnP may require manual configuration of both
the card hardware and settings in the CMOS Setup Utility.
If you have a PnP-compliant card to install there should be
little to do other than follow the installation instructions. If, how-
ever, you have a non-PnP card and it requires configuring system
resources, you may need to review the third part of this section,
Configuring Expansion Card Resources In CMOS Setup.
In This Section:
Installing Expansion Cards
Adding System Memory
Installing A CPU Upgrade
Adding An IDE Peripheral
Installing An AGP Card
