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Your computer's system unit has six drive bays and can
hold up to six drives. It also has seven adapter card slots
and eight adapter card connectors and can hold up to
seven adapter cards. You can purchase a drive to install
in any empty bay or an adapter card to install in any
empty slot.
You can install industry standard architecture (ISA)
advanced technology (AT) adapter cards, and peripheral
component interconnect (PCI) adapter cards. You can
install an AT adapter card in any AT adapter card
connector. You can install a PCI adapter card in any PCI
adapter card connector.
Diskette drives use the standard diskette advanced
technology (AT) interface. Hard disks use an integrated
drive electronics (IDE) AT interface. Your computer
supports the American National Standards Institute
(ANSI) standard for AT attachment disk drives.
Bay 1. This bay can hold a 3.5-inch slim drive, such as a
1
diskette or tape drive.
Bay 2. This bay can hold up to a 5.25-inch half high
2
drive, such as a diskette, hard disk, tape, or CD-ROM
drive.
Bay 3. This bay can hold up to a 5.25-inch half high
3
drive, such as a diskette, hard disk, tape, or CD-ROM
drive.
Bay 4. This bay can hold up to a 3.5-inch half high
4
drive, such as a diskette or tape drive.
Bay 5. This bay can hold a 3.5-inch slim hard disk drive.
5
(No external access.)
Bay 6. This bay can hold a 3.5-inch slim hard disk drive.
6
(No external access.)
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Chapter 7: Adding and removing adapter cards and drives
Power supply. Capable of providing at least 145 watts
7
of power to the system unit.
Adapter card slots. Seven openings for adapter
8
cards.
AT adapter card connector 1 (AT – 1). Holds an AT
9
adapter card.
AT adapter card connector 2 (AT – 2). Holds an AT
10
adapter card.
PCI adapter card connector 1 (PCI – 1). Holds a PCI
11
adapter card.
PCI adapter card connector 2 (PCI – 2). Holds a PCI
12
adapter card. This connector shares a slot with the
AT – 3 connector. If you install a card in this connector,
you cannot install a card in connector AT – 3.
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AT adapter card connector 3 (AT – 3). Holds an AT
adapter card. This connector shares a slot with the
PCI – 2 connector. If you install a card in this connector,
you cannot install a card in connector PCI – 2.
AT adapter card connectors 4 - 6 (AT – 4 - 6).
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Holds AT adapter cards.
Riser card. Holds the adapter card connectors.
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