User guide

Hardware Installation
Overview
Hardware Installation
Step 5.
Install Expansion Cards
WARNING
Power off your power supply completely when adding or removing any expansion
cards or other system components. Failure to do so may cause severe damage to both
your motherboard and expansion cards.
1. Expansion Card Installation Procedure
1.1 Read the documentation for your expansion card and make any necessar
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hardware or software setting changes, such as jumpers.
1.2 Remove the bracket plate on the slot you intend to use. Keep the bracket fo
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possible future use.
1.3 Carefully align the cards connectors and press firmly.
1.4 Secure the card on the slot with the screw you removed above.
1.5 Jump to step 6 to finish installation, then set the IRQ and DMA as follows.
2. Assigning IRQs for PCI Expansion Cards
An IRQ number is automatically assigned to PCI expansion cards. In the PCI
bus design, the BIOS automatically assigns an IRQ to a PCI slot that contains a card
requiring an IRQ. To install a PCI card, you need to set the INT (interrupt) assignment.
Since all the PCI slots on this motherboard use an INTA #, set the jumpers on your PCI
cards to INTA.
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