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6 installing an expansion card, 2 expansion card installation – Asus P3-P5G33 User Manual

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Chapter 2: Basic installation

2.6.2

Expansion card installation

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.

To install an expansion card:

1. Lay the system on its side on a flat

and stable surface.

2. Lift the expansion card lock to a 90º-

100º angle.

2.6

Installing an expansion card

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

PCI, one PCI Express™ x4, and one PCI Express™ x16 slot. The following sub-

sections describe the slots and the expansion cards that they support.

2.6.1 Expansion slots
PCI slots

The PCI slots support cards such as a LAN card, SCSI card, USB card, and other

cards that comply with PCI specifications.

PCI Express x16 slot

This motherboard supports PCI Express x16 graphic cards that comply with the

PCI Express specifications. The following figure shows a graphics card installed on

the PCI Express x16 slot.

PCI Express x4 slot

This motherboard supports PCI Express x4 network cards, SCSI cards and other

cards that comply with the PCI Express specifications.

The system supports low profile PCI, PCI Express x16, and PCI Express x4

cards. You can only install low profile expansion cards on this system. Ask your

retailer for details.

Before installing an expansion card, read the documentation that came with it

and make the necessary hardware settings for the card.