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The PCI Express slots support high-bandwidth, low pin count, and serial
interconnect technology. You can insert the expansion cards to meet your needs.
When adding or removing expansion cards, make sure that you unplug the power
supply first.
PCI Express architecture provides a high performance I/O infrastructure for
Desktop Platforms with transfer rates starting at 2.5 Giga transfers per second over
a PCI Express x1 lane for Gigabit Ethernet, TV Tuners, 1394 controllers, and general
purpose I/O. Also, desktop platforms with PCI Express Architecture will be designed
to deliver highest performance in video, graphics, multimedia and other sophisticated
applications. Moreover, PCI Express architecture provides a high performance graphics
infrastructure for Desktop Platforms doubling the capability of existing AGP 8x de-
signs with transfer rates of 4.0 GB/s over a PCI Express x16 lane for graphics
controllers, while PCI Express x1 supports transfer rate of 250 MB/s.
The mainboard provides a PCI Express x16 slot, a PCI Express x1 slot and four
32-bit PCI bus slots.
PCI Express x16 slot
PCI Express x1 slot
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