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7. Close the chassis floor (see "Closing the Chassis Floor").
8. Place the system unit upright and swivel the feet out,
perpendicular to the system unit.
9. Replace the left side cover (see "Replacing the Minitower
Side Covers").
Expansion Boards
Your system supports industry standard architecture (ISA)
8- and 16-bit expansion boards (Plug and Play and
non-Plug and Play). The system also supports 32-bit PCI
expansion boards, which are Plug and Play.
With Plug and Play expansion boards, you can install a board
in an expansion slot without changing the hardware settings.
There are no system resource conflicts to resolve. Plug and
Play automatically configures the board for the system.
The PCI slots support bus mastering and accept PCI
expansion boards that run at half the system board's bus
speed. The PCI bus handles 32 bits of data at a time, being
wider as well as faster than the standard ISA bus. PCI boards
send and receive data much faster, boosting system
performance.
The following sections show PCI and ISA slot locations and
include procedures for installing and removing expansion
boards.
Locating Expansion Slots and Connectors
The following figures show the locations of the expansion
slots on the chassis and the expansion board connectors on
the riser board.
Installing Options 5-51
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