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Hardware Preparation and Installation
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PCI Expansion Cards
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below. You can install one, two, three, four, or five PCI
expansion cards in any order, but you may find it more convenient to start
with the inner PCI slot and finish with the outer one. In other words, install
PCI module(s) first in J28, then J29, then J31, then J36, then J38 (SLOT 1,
SLOT 2, SLOT 3, SLOT 4, SLOT 5).
Figure 1-7. Installing PCI Module(s)
Notes
Boards that occupy PCI Slot 5 and the adjacent ISA Slot (J39)
share I/O space in the back panel. If the ISA slot is occupied, PCI
Slot 5 must remain vacant, and vice versa.
The two PCI slots closest to the processor are the primary PCI
Slots (J28 and J29) and provide a greater degree of performance.
However, if an expansion card fails to operate in any of the
primary PCI slots, install the card in the secondary PCI slots.
