IBM IntelliStation 6836, Hardware Maintenance Manual

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The following illustration shows the location of the PCI expansion slots on the
system and PCI extender boards.
AGP slot
PCI slot 1
PCI slot 2
PCI slot 3
PCI slot 4
PCI slot 5
Note: The PCI extender board is only available in the tower model.
Adapter considerations
Before you install adapters, review the following:
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Locate the documentation that comes with the adapter and follow those
instructions in addition to the instructions given in this chapter. If you need to
change switch or jumper settings on your adapter, follow the instructions that
come with the adapter.
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You can install full-length adapters in all PCI expansion slots.
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Your computer supports 5.0 V and universal PCI adapters; it does not support
3.3 V adapters.
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Your computer uses a rotational interrupt technique to configure PCI adapters.
Because of this technique, you can install a variety of PCI adapters that currently
do not support sharing of PCI interrupts.
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PCI slots 1 through 5 are on PCI bus 0 . The system scans the AGP slot and PCI
slots 1 through 5 to assign system resources; then, the system starts (boots) the
PCI devices in the following order, if you have not changed the default boot
sequence : PCI slots 1 and 2, system board integrated drive electronics (IDE) or
SCSI devices, and then PCI slots 3 through 5.
Note: To change the boot sequence for PCI devices, start the
Configuration/Setup Utility program, select
Start Options from the main
menu, select Startup Sequence ; then, select Second device (SCSI) to
designate the adapter boot sequence. See Chapter 4, “Configuration” on
page 23 for details on using the Configuration/Setup Utility program.
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For a list of supported options for your computer, refer to
http://www.ibm.com/pc/support on the World Wide Web.
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