7 installing an expansion card, 1 expansion slots – Asus T3-M2NC51PV User Manual

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Chapter 2: Basic installation

2.7

Installing an expansion card

In the future, you may need to install expansion cards. The motherboard

has one PCI and one PCI Express™ x16 slot. The following sub-sections

describe the slots and the expansion cards that they support.

2.7.1 Expansion slots

Make sure to unplug the power cord before adding or removing

expansion cards. Failure to do so may cause you physical injury and

damage the motherboard.

PCI Express™ x16 slot

This motherboard supports PCI

Express™ x16 graphic cards

that comply with PCI Express™

specifications. The figure shows a

graphics card installed on the PCI

Express™ x16 slot.

PCI slot

The PCI slots support PCI cards such

as a LAN card, SCSI card, USB card,

and other cards that comply with PCI

specifications. The figure shows a

LAN card installed on a PCI slot.

The chassis supports PCI Express x 16 cards with 204.63mm x 108mm x

16mm or smaller dimensions only.

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