Specifications

28 Chapter 2: Hardware installation
4. Position your Matrox Solios board in the selected slot, and then press the board
firmly but carefully into the connector of the slot.
When installing Matrox Solios XCL or XA in a conventional 32-bit slot, only the
32-bit portion of the edge connector is connected in the slot. The other portion
will remain out.
Important When installing a Matrox Solios eCL or eA board in a x16 PCIe slot, special care
must be taken to avoid damaging the board. Some x16 PCIe slots have a connector
with a retainer. Matrox Solios boards must not come into contact with the latch
of this retainer.
The PCIe specification does not define appropriate keep-out regions for the latch
to provide any tolerance to tilting or rotation when inserting or removing add-in
boards in these connectors. Therefore, do not to tilt the Matrox Solios board
backwards or rotate it when installing it; otherwise the board can touch the latch
and get damaged. Note that the same is true when removing the board.
Alternatively, you can remove the latch from the retainer.
x16 PCIe solder-side latch
x16 PCIe component-side latch
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