Asus RS700-E8-RS4 User Guide - Page 34

2.5 Expansion slot The barebone server comes with two PCIE slots - PCIE1 and PCIE2. These slots are pre-instaled with a riser card bracket and a butterfly riser card bracket for installing PCIE expansion cards. You need to remove these expansion card brackets if you want to install PCIE expansion cards. 2.5.1 Installing an expansion card to the PCIE1 slot The pre-installed riser card bracket on the PCIE1 slot supports Full-Height (FH), Half-Length (HL) PCIE x16 expansion cards. To install a PCIE x16 (Gen3 x16 link), FH, HL card on the riser card bracket: 1. Firmly hold the riser card bracket then pull it up to detach it from the PCIE x16 slot on the motherboard. 2. Remove the screw from the metal cover (A) then remove the metal cover (B) from riser card bracket. 3. Get the PCIE expansion card. 4. Install the PCIE expansion card to the riser card bracket (A) then secure the expansion card with a screw (B). PCIE x16 slot 2-16 Chapter 2: Hardware setup