The Red PCI slot

K9N Sli Plat :
the red PCI slot is written to be a reserved for communication slot.  What does that mean ? Most importantly, can I treat it like any other PCI slots ?

read here: https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?topic=97336.msg703122#msg703122
"can I treat it like any other PCI slots ?"
yes

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