Inside the system - minitower models
A – Expansion Slots
B – Internal Device Slots
C – Riser Board
System Board
System memory, the processor, the AGP board, and the system battery
reside on the system board. The system board also comes with an audio
subsystem.
External connectors include two serial connectors, a parallel connector,
two USB ports, keyboard and mouse ports, and external audio connectors.
For information on these connectors, see "External Connectors" earlier in
this chapter.
The system board supports a diskette drive and up to four IDE devices
such as IDE hard drives, an IDE CD-ROM drive, an IDE DVD-ROM
drive, or an IDE Zip drive.
D – AGP Board
E – System Board
F – Accessible Device Slots
Reviewing System Features 1-13