Installing Options 5-21
Expansion Boards
Your system supports industry-standard architecture (ISA)
8- and 16-bit expansion boards (Plug and Play and non-Plug
and Play). It also supports 32-bit Peripheral Component
Interconnect (PCI) expansion boards, which are Plug and
Play.
With Plug and Play expansion boards, you can install a board
in an expansion slot without changing the hardware settings.
There are no system resource conflicts to resolve. Plug and
Play automatically configures the board for the system.
Locating Expansion Slots
The system has three expansion slots (see the following
figures):
one PCI slot
one shared PCI/ISA slot.
ISA expansion slots support industry-standard 8-bit or 16-bit
expansion boards. The PCI/ISA slot also supports PCI
expansion boards.
The PCI slots support bus mastering and accept PCI
expansion boards that run at half the system board’s bus
speed. The PCI bus handles 32 bits of data at a time, being
wider as well as faster than the standard ISA bus. PCI boards
can send and receive data much faster, boosting system
performance.
