Chapter 2 Installation Instructions

Expansion Slots

This motherboard includes two 32-bit master PCI bus slots, two PCI Express x 1 slots, and two PCI Express x 16 slots.

PCI Slots

The expansion cards can be installed in the two PCI slots. PCI slots support cards such as a LAN card, USB card, SCSI card and other cards that comply with PCI specifications.

PCI Express x1 Slots

This motherboard has Two PCI Express x1 slots that designed to accommo- date less bandwidth-intensive cards, such as a modem or LAN card.

PCI Express x16 Slots

This motherboard has two PCI Express x16 slots that reserved for graphics or video cards. The difference in bandwidth between the x16 and x1 slots is no- table to be sure. This motherboard design enables the support of dual PCI-Ex- press graphics cards technology such as “SLI technology” and multiple display.

For the detailed PCI Express x16 graphics cards support list on this motherboard, please visit the website: http://www.foxconnchannel.com

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