Chapter
1
Motherboard
Description
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1.5.1 AGP (Accelerated Graphics Port) Slot
Unlike the mouse ports, keyboard ports and printer ports, this motherboard has built
in video facilities and one of the expansion slot for a video card. Your monitor will
attach directly to that video card. This motherboard supports video cards for PCI
slot, but it is also equipped with an Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP). An AGP card
will take advantage of AGP technology for improved video efficiency and
performance, especially with 3D graphics.
1.5.2 CNR (Communication Network Riser) Slot
The CNR specification is an open Industry Standard Architecture and it defines a
hardware scalable riser card interface, which supports audio, network and modem
only.
1.5.3 PCI (Peripheral Component Interconnect) Slots
This motherboard is equipped with 3 standard PCI slots. PCI stands for Peripheral
Component Interconnect, it is a bus standard for expansion cards and it is
designated as 32 bit.
