Owner's Manual

2.6 Expansion Slots (PCI and PCI Express Slots)

There are 2 PCI slots and 5 PCI Express slots on this motherboard.

PCI slots: PCI slots are used to install expansion cards that have the 32-bit PCI

interface.

PCIE slots: PCIE7/PCIE5/PCIE4 (PCIE 2.0 x1 slot) is used for a PCI Express x1

lane width card.

PCIE6 (PCIE 3.0 x16 slot) is used for PCI Express x16 lane width

graphics cards.

PCIE3 (PCIE 3.0 x16 slot) is used for PCI Express x8 lane width graph-

ics cards.

PCIE1 (PCIE 2.0 x16 slot) is used for PCI Express x4 lane width graph-

ics cards.

PCIE Slot Congurations

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.

PCIE6 PCIE3 PCIE1

Single Graphics Card x16 N/A N/A

Two Graphics Cards in

CrossFireX

Mode

x8 x8 N/A

ree Graphics Cards in

3-Way CrossFireX

Mode

x8 x8 x4