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2.4 Expansion Slots (PCI and PCI Express Slots)
There is 1 PCI slot and 5 PCI Express slots on this motherboard.
PCI Slot: PCI slot is used to install expansion cards that have the
PCIE Slots:
PCIE1 (PCIE x16 slot) is used for PCI Express x16 lane width graphics cards.
PCIE2 (PCIE x1 slot) is used for PCI Express cards with x1 lane width cards, such as ASRock Game Blaster, Gigabit LAN card, SATA card. PCIE3 (PCIE x16 slot) is used for PCI Express x4 lane width graphics cards.
PCIE4 (PCIE x16 slot) is used for PCI Express x16 lane width graphics cards.
PCIE5 (PCIE x16 slot) is used for PCI Express x8 lane width graphics cards.
PCIE Slot Configurations
| PCIE1 | PCIE2 | PCIE3 | PCIE4 | PCIE5 |
Single Graphics Card | x16 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Two Graphics Cards in | x16 | N/A | N/A | x16 | N/A |
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Three Graphics Cards in | x16 | N/A | N/A | x8 | x8 |
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1.In single VGA card mode, it is recommended to install a PCI Express x16 graphics card in the PCIE1 slot.
2.In CrossFireXTM mode or SLITM mode, please install the PCI Express x16 graphics cards in PCIE1 and PCIE4 slots. Both these two slots will work at x16 bandwidth.
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4.Please connect a chassis fan to the motherboard’s chassis fan connector (CHA_FAN1, CHA_FAN2 or CHA_FAN3) when using multiple graphics cards for better thermal environment.
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