User Guide

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Chapter 1: Product Introduction
Chapter 1
• WerecommendthatyouprovidesufcientpowerwhenrunningCrossFireX™orSLI
®

mode.
• ConnectachassisfantothemotherboardconnectorlabeledCHA_FAN1-4when
usingmultiplegraphicscardsforbetterthermalenvironment.
• WerecommendyouconnectanEATX12V1cablewhenrunningCrossFireX™and
SLI
®
.
Slot
No.
PCI Express 3.0 operating mode
Single VGA SLI CrossFireX
3-WAY SLI
CrossFireX
4-WAY SLI
CrossFireX
1
x16

(singleVGA
recommended)
x16 x8 x8
2 - - x8 x8
4
- x16
(dualVGA
recommended)
x16 x8
5 - - - x8
A B C D E F G
PCIEX16_1 shared - - - - - -
PCIEX16_2 shared - - - - - -
PCIEX16_3 shared - - - - - -
PCIEX16_4 shared - - - - - -
PCIEX4_1 shared - - - - - -
SMBUSController shared - - - - - -
IntelSATAController shared - - - - - -
LAN1(i219) shared - - - - - -
LAN2(i210) - - shared - - - -
IntelxHCI shared - - - - - -
HDAudio shared - - - - - -
ASMedia2142-1 shared - - - - - -
ASMedia2142-2 shared - - - - -
IRQ assignments for this motherboard