ECS Elitegroup HDC-I2/E-350D (V1.0) [15/64] Installing the motherboard

Installing the Motherboard

Installing Add-on Cards

The slots on this motherboard are designed to hold expansion cards and connect

them to the system bus. Expansion slots are a means of adding or enhancing the

motherboard’s features and capabilities. With these efficient facilities, you can in-

crease the motherboard’s capabilities by adding hardware that performs tasks that are

not part of the basic system.

Expansion Slots

Before installing an add-on card, check the documentation for the card

carefully. If the card is not Plug and Play, you may have to manually

configure the card before installation.

PCI Slot

This motherboard is equipped with one standard PCI slot. PCI stands

for Peripheral Component Interconnect and is a bus standard for

expansion cards, which for the most part, is a supplement of the

older ISA bus standard. The PCI slot on this board are PCI v2.3

compliant.