2. Hardware Installation
User’s Manual
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Installing Add-on Card
This motherboard has one AGP slot, two 32-bit PCI slots, one AMR slot and
one 8/16-bit ISA slot
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The AGP (
A
ccelerated
G
raphics
P
ort) is a PCI-based interface which was
designed specifically for demands of 3D graphics applications. The 32-
bit AGP channel directly links the graphics controller to the main memory.
While the channel run at only 66MHz, it supports data transmission during
both the rising and falling end of the clock cycle, yielding an effective
speed of 133MHz.
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PCI stands for
P
eripheral
C
omponent
I
nterconnect. PCI is a 32-bit local
bus (data pathway) which is faster than the ISA bus. Local buses are those
which operate with in a single system (as opposed to a network bus,
which connects multiple systems).
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AMR (
A
udio
M
odem
R
iser) provides high speed communication between
your personal system and a remote location, such as an Internet Service
Provider (ISP).
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ISA stands for
I
ndustry
S
tandard
A
rchitecture. ISA is a slower 8 or 16-bit
bus (data pathway).
Never force a card into a slot. If it doesnt fit look at the slot on
