E
xpansion Cards
Expansion cards can be installed on the computer's riser
board (see Figure 8-2). The vertical riser board plugs
into the RISER connector on the system board (see
Figure 8-1) and is considered an extension of the system
board.
ISA2
ISA1
JHDLED
connector
Figure 8-2. Riser-Board Expansion-Card
Connectors
The system accommodates up to five expansion cards—
32-bit PCI expansion cards and 8- or 16-bit ISA expan-
sion cards. (See Figure 8-3 for examples of ISA and PCI
expansion cards.)
8-2
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PCI5
PCI1
Figure 8-3. Expansion Cards
8-bit ISA expansion card
16-bit ISA expansion card
32-bit PCI expansion card