Asus P55SP4 P/I-P55SP4 User's manual - Page 21

P/I-P55SP4 User's Manual Installing Expansion Cards There many ISA and PCI expansion cards you can install in your system to expand its capabilities. Any card you get will come with instructions on how to configure and install it. For your reference, we have included a brief decsription here of how to install a card in your system case. This is followed by an explanation of this mainboard's requirements for installing expansion cards that use an interrupt request line (IRQ). Please review the IRQ information carefully if you are installing this type of card. If you're more familiar with this topic, there is a chart-based synopsis of the required procedures at the end of this section. Installation Procedure Expansion cards often require pre-installation configuration and sometimes post-installation software setup. Check your card documentation for instructions on this. Once you have configured an expansion card you want to install, the installation procedure is fairly simple. Your system manual should have instructions for installing expansion cards specific to the design of your system case. The procedure here covers the basics for your reference. Before you start, always make sure the computer is turned off. You should also make sure to observe standard static electricity discharge precautions. You can damage your expansion card, the mainboard, or both by not being careful about this. The basic procedure for installing expansion cards is the same for both ISA and PCI cards. The components on ISA cards will face to the right as you view the computer from the front. PCI card components face to the left. Please note that the PCI Slot 4/MediaBus Slot and ISA Slot 1 share the same mounting bracket position, so you can only use one of these slots, not both. 2 - 2