Matrox orion HD, Installation And Hardware Manual

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20 Chapter 2: Hardware installation
Installing your Matrox Orion HD board
Before you install your Matrox Orion HD board, some precautionary measures
must be taken. Turn off the power to your computer and its peripherals, and
unplug the power cord to drain all standby power. Drain static electricity from
your body (by touching a metal part of the computer chassis).
Important
❖
Note that your board should be installed before you install your software.
Proceed with the following steps to install your board:
1. Remove the cover from your computer; refer to your computer’s documentation
for instructions.
2. Check that you have an empty x16 PCIe
*
slot in which to install your Matrox
Orion HD.
*. It is strongly recommended to install Matrox Orion HD into a x16 PCIe slot. You can
also install Matrox Orion HD in a x8 PCIe slot that has a mechanical x16 connector;
however, the maximum transfer rate between Matrox Orion HD and the Host is
reduced by 50%.
x16 PCIe
32-bit PCI slot
x8 PCIe
x1 PCIe
64-bit PCI-X slot