EVGA 122-YW-E173 manual Expansion Slots, PCI Slots, PCI Express x1 Slot, PCI Express x16 Slots

Expansion Slots

The EVGA nForce 750i SLI motherboard contains five expansion slots, three PCI Express slots and two PCI slots.

1 – PCIe x1 Slot

1	– PCIe x16 Slot 1 (primary)
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3 – PCIe x16 Slot 2

4 – PCI Slot 1

5 – PCI Slot 2

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PCI Slots

The two PCI slots support many expansion cards such as a LAN card, USB card, SCSI card and other cards that comply with PCI specifications. When installing a card into the PCI slot, be sure that it is fully seated. Secure the card’s metal bracket to the chassis back panel with the screw used to hold the blank cover.

PCI Express x1 Slot

There is one PCI Express x1 slot that is designed to accommodate less bandwidth-intensive cards, such as a modem, LAN card, or soundcard card. The x1 slot provides up to 250 MB/sec bandwidth.

PCI Express x16 Slots

These three PCI Express x16 slots are reserved for graphics or video cards. The design of this motherboard supports three PCI-Express graphics cards using NVIDIA’s SLI technology. When installing a PCI Express x16 card, be sure the retention clip snaps and locks the card into place. If the card is not seated properly, it could cause a short across the pins. Secure the card’s metal bracket to the chassis back panel with the screw used to hold the blank cover.

¾For Single Mode, insert the VGA card into the "PCIE X16_1" VGA slot. (Labeled on the board). The “PCIE X16_2” VGA slot will become inactive.

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