Specifications Of The System Unit - IBM Aptiva Hardware Handbook

Specifications of the system unit

The system unit of your computer has four bays (bays
are locations for drives) and four adapter card slots. On
most models, three bays come with drives installed and
two card slots come with adapter cards installed. Later,
you may want to purchase a drive to install in the empty
bay or an adapter card to install in the empty slots.
You can install industry standard architecture (ISA)
advanced technology (AT*) adapter cards.
Diskette drives use the standard diskette AT interface.
Hard disks use an integrated drive electronics (IDE) AT
interface. This computer supports the American
National Standards Institute (ANSI) standard for AT
attachment disk drives.
Bay 1. Holds a 3.5-inch slim drive, such as a diskette or
1
tape drive.
Bay 2. Holds up to a 5.25-inch half high drive, such as a
2
diskette, tape, or CD-ROM drive.
Bay 3. Located under bay 2. Holds a 3.5-inch slim hard
3
disk.
Bay 4. Located under bay 3. Holds a 3.5-inch slim hard
4
disk.
Right bracket. Holds drives in bays 2, 3, and 4.
5 5
Power supply. Capable of providing 145 watts of
6
power to the system unit.
Riser card. Holds the adapter card connectors.
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Adapter card slots. Openings for adapter cards.
8
Adapter card connector 1. Holds AT adapter cards.
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Adapter card connector 2. Holds AT adapter cards.
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Adapter card connector 3. Holds AT adapter cards.
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Adapter card connector 4. Holds AT adapter cards.
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Left bracket. Holds a drive in bay 1.
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