Asus P55SP4 - Manual (Page 21)

P/I-P55SP4 User's Manual
Installing Expansion Cards
There many ISA and PCI expansion cards you can install in your
system to expand its capabilities. Any card you get will come with
instructions on how to configure and install it. For your reference,
we have included a brief decsription here of how to install a card in
your system case. This is followed by an explanation of this
mainboard's requirements for installing expansion cards that use an
interrupt request line (IRQ). Please review the IRQ information care­
fully if you are installing this type of card. If you're more familiar with
this topic, there is a chart-based synopsis of the required procedures
at the end of this section.
Installation Procedure
Expansion cards often require pre-installation configuration and
sometimes post-installation software setup. Check your card docu­
mentation for instructions on this. Once you have configured an ex­
pansion card you want to install, the installation procedure is fairly
simple. Your system manual should have instructions for installing
expansion cards specific to the design of your system case. The pro­
cedure here covers the basics for your reference.
Before you start, always make sure the computer is turned off.
You should also make sure to observe standard static electricity dis­
charge precautions. You can damage your expansion card, the
mainboard, or both by not being careful about this.
The basic procedure for installing expansion cards is the same for
both ISA and PCI cards. The components on ISA cards will face to
the right as you view the computer from the front. PCI card compo­
nents face to the left. Please note that the PCI Slot 4/MediaBus Slot
and ISA Slot 1 share the same mounting bracket position, so you
can only use one of these slots, not both.
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