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When you first start up your system, go immediately to the Setup Utility to
configure the floppy diskette drives that you have installed.
See Standard CMOS Features on page 27 for more information.
Installing Add-on Cards
This mainboard has five 32-bit PCI (Peripheral Components Interconnect)
expansion slots, one 4xAGP slot, and one Communications and Networking
Riser (CNR) slot.
PCI Slots
PCI slots are used to install expansion cards that have the 32-bit
PCI interface.
4xAGP Slot
The mainboard comes with an Accelerated Graphics Port Pro slot
that supports AGP cards for high performance, component level
interconnect targeted at 3D graphical applications using a 4X mode
bus. This slot can also support upgradeable external AGP card and
Intel ADD (AGP Digital Display) Card which allows configuration for
TV-out, LDVS and TMDS output.
Note:
The above layout is for reference only. The AGP slot
may be different from your mainboard. Please refer to
actual shipment.
CNR Slot
This slot is used to insert CNR cards with Modem and Audio func-
tionality or Intel PHY LAN CNR card.
Note:
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 con-
figure the card before installation.