Biostar Hi-Fi H170Z3 Версия 5.x [12/75] Expansion slots

12 | Chapter 2: Hardware installaon

2.5 Expansion Slots

PCI1/PCI2: Peripheral Component Interconnect Slots

This motherboard is equipped with 2 standard PCI slots. PCI stands for Peripheral •

Component Interconnect, and it is a bus standard for expansion cards.

PEX16_1: PCI-Express Gen3 x16 Slot

• PCI-Express 3.0 compliant.

• Maximum theorecal realized bandwidth of 16GB/s simultaneously per direcon, for an

aggregate of 32GB/s totally.

PEX1_1: PCI-Express Gen3 x1 Slot

• PCI-Express 3.0 compliant.

• Data transfer bandwidth up to 1GB/s per direcon; 2GB/s in total

PCIE-M2_1: M.2 (Key M) Slot

• The M.2 slot supports M.2 Type 2242/2260/2280 SSD module. When installing M.2 SSD

module, please place the screw and hex pillar to correct posion.

• The M.2 slot supports M.2 SATAIII 6.0 Gb/s module and M.2 PCI Express module up to

Gen3 x4 (32Gb/s)

Note

 M.2slotisonlyforHi-FiH170Z3.

WhenusingSATASSDmoduleonPCIE-M2_1slot,theSATA3_2Lconnectorbewilldisabled. 

WhenusingPCIeSSDmoduleonPCIE-M2_1slot,theSATA3_1U/2Uconnectorswillbedisabled. 

Install an Expansion Card

You can install your expansion card by following steps:

• Read the related expansion card's instrucon document before install the expansion

card into the computer.

• Remove your computer's chassis cover, screws and slot bracket from the computer.

• Place a card in the expansion slot and press down on the card unl it is completely

seated in the slot.

• Secure the card’s metal bracket to the chassis back panel with a screw.

• Replace your computer's chassis cover.

• Power on the computer, if necessary, change BIOS sengs for the expansion card.

• Install related driver for the expansion card.