Asus RS700A-E9-RS12 - Installing an Expansion Card to the Butterfly Riser Card Bracket

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4. Install the riser card bracket and the PCIE expansion card assembly into the PCIE
connector on the motherboard. Ensure that the golden connectors of the riser card
bracketisrmlyseatedinplace.
2.5.2 Installing an expansion card to the butterfly riser
card bracket
Thepre-installedbutteryrisercardbracketonthePCIE2slothasonePCIEx8slotandone
PCIEx16slot.AlthoughthePCIEx16slotisphysicallylongerthanthePCIEx8slot,bothof
these slots provides x8 Gen3 links.
ToinstallPCI-Ex8(Gen3x8link),proprietarycardstothebutteryrisercardbracket:
1. Removethescrewthatsecuresthebutteryrisercardbrackettothechassis.
ThePCIEx8slotsupportsproprietarycardssuchasASUSPIKEIIseriescards.Installyour
proprietary cards into this slot to maximize its use.