Adding Accessories; Adding Expansion Cards - HP Brio 8200 Online Manual

Adding Accessories

Adding Expansion Cards

What Is an
An expansion card, or accessory board, is a component that usually adds some specialized function to a computer. For
Expansion Card? example, installing a network card can, in conjunction with the necessary software and cables, connect a computer to a
network.
There are two types of expansion cards that you can install in your computer:
computer's PCI bus (information pathway), and ISA cards use the computer's ISA bus. The PCI bus is faster than the ISA
bus.
How Many
You can tell how many cards are installed by looking at the back of your computer and counting the number of slots that
Expansion Cards Do are occupied. This is the number of expansion cards that are installed.
I Have?
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ISA cards and PCI cards. PCI cards use the
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