Biostar B450MX Версия 6.0 [12/93] Expansion slots

12 | Chapter 2: Hardware installaon

2.5 Expansion Slots

PEX16_1: PCI-Express Gen3 x16 Slot

• PCI-Express 3.0 compliant.

• Maximum bandwidth total of 32GB/s.

• Supports PCIe 3.0 x16 mode with AMD® Ryzen™ processors.

• Supports PCIe 3.0 x8 mode AMD® Ryzen™ with Radeon Vega Graphics processors.

PEX16_SB_1: PCI-Express Gen2 x16 Slot (x4 mode)

• PCI-Express 2.0 compliant.

• Maximum bandwidth total of 4GB/s.

PEX1_1: PCI-Express Gen2 x1 Slot

• PCI-Express 2.0 compliant.

• Data transfer bandwidth up to 500MB/s per direcon; 1GB/s in total.

M2_PCIE_SATA1: M.2 (M Key) Slot (The bandwidth is depended on CPU, Ryzen is

32Gb/s ; APU is 16Gb/s)

• 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.

• Supports M.2 PCI Express module up to Gen3 x4 (32Gb/s) - NVMe/ AHCI SSD.

• Supports M.2 SATA III (6Gb/s) module.

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. (This step is only

for installing a VGA card.).

• 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.

Note

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screw.Itisrecommendednottouseascrewdriverthatdoesnotmeetthespecicaons,otherwise

thescrewmaybedamaged.