Installing your Matrox Solios eV-CL board 25
Matrox Solios eV-CL might drop frames if there are not at least 4 active lanes on
the PCIe connector to the Host (for example, if the board is connected to a x4
PCIe connector that has only one active lane
*
). Verify with your motherboard
manufacturer to find out whether your motherboard works efficiently with a x4
PCIe board, such Matrox Solios eV-CL.
If you also need to install the cable adapter bracket of your Matrox Solios eV-CL
board, you need an additional slot. This slot does not need to be adjacent to the
Matrox Solios eV-CL board. Note that the cable adapter bracket does not plug
into a slot’s connector; it attaches only to the back of the computer’s chassis.
3. If there is a metal plate at the back of the selected slots, remove it. Keep the screw
from the top of the plates to anchor your boards once they are installed.
4. Position your Matrox Solios eV-CL board in the selected slot, and then press the
board firmly but carefully into the connector of the slot.
Important When installing a Matrox Solios eV-CL board in a x16 PCIe slot, special care must
be taken to avoid damaging the board. Some x16 PCIe slots have a connector with
a retainer. Matrox Solios eV-CL boards must not come into contact with the latch
of this retainer.
The PCIe specification does not define appropriate keep-out regions for the latch
to provide any tolerance to tilting or rotation when inserting or removing add-in
boards in these connectors. Therefore, do not to tilt the Matrox Solios eV-CL
*. After installing the board, you can verify in software the number of PCIe lanes that are
currently active, using the MIL-Lite function MsysInquire() with
M_PCIE_NUMBER_OF_LANES.
x16 PCIe solder-side latch
x16 PCIe component-side latch
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