User Guide

Chapter 2: Hardware Setup
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2. Firmly hold the riser card then pull it up to detach it from the PCI Express x24 slot on the
motherboard.
3. Prepare the expansion cards.
Before installing an expansion card, read the documentation that came with it and ensure to
make the necessary hardware settings.
4. Align and insert the golden nger connectors of the expansion cards to the PCI-E slot
connectors on the riser card as shown.
Riser card
PCI-E x8 slot (proprietary)
ASUS proprietary card
PCI-E x16 slot (low-profile)
PCI-E x16 expansion card (low-profile)