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2.4 Expansion Slots (PCI and PCI Express Slots)

There are 3 PCI slots and 3 PCI Express slots on this motherboard.

PCI Slots: PCI slots are used to install expansion cards that have the 32-bit PCI

interface.

PCIE Slots:

PCIE1 (PCIE x1 slot; Green) is used for PCI Express cards with x1 lane

width cards, such as Gigabit LAN card and SATA2 card.

PCIE2 (PCIE x16 slot; Green) is used for PCI Express x16 lane width

graphics cards, or used to install PCI Express graphics cards to

support CrossFire

PCIE3 (PCIE x16 slot; Blue) is used for PCI Express x1 lane width

cards, such as Gigabit LAN card, SATA2 card, etc., or used to install

PCI Express graphics cards to support CrossFire

PCIE2 / PCIE3 / SLI/XFire Switch Card Retention Slot

Single Graphics Card PCIE x16

Dual Graphics Cards

in CrossFire

Mode

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function.

Configurations

PCIE2 Slot PCIE3 Slot SLI/XFire Switch Card

(Green)

(Blue)

Retention Slot

PCIE x1

(Default)

PCIE x8

A780GXE/128M

Motherboard

function.