Chapter 2 Installation Instructions
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915M07 Series User Manual
-Low power consumption and power management features
PCI Express will take two forms, x16 and x1 PCI Express slots. Whereas the x16
slot is reserved for graphic/video cards, the x1 slot is designed to accommo-
date less bandwidth-intensive cards, such as a modem or LAN card.
The difference in bandwidth between the x16 and x1 slots is notable to be sure,
with the x16 slot pushing 4GB/sec (8GB/sec concurrent) of bandwidth, and the
x1 PCI Express slot offering 250MB/sec.
PCI Express x 1 slot
PCI Express x 16 slot
Warning:
If a performance graphics card was installed into 16x PCI Express slot,
2 x 12 pin power supply was strongly recommended since that card
maybe draws 75W power.