Installing Options 3-9
ISA expansion slots support industry-standard 8-bit or 16-
bit expansion boards. The shared PCI/ISA slot also
supports a PCI expansion board. As noted in the following
figure, full size expansion boards cannot be installed in the
bottom slot and the inside slot. The bottom slot contains the
half-length network board (not shown in the figure). The
inside slot can be used for a three-quarter length board.
PCI expansion boards run at the system's processor 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 which boosts system
performance.
Locating expansion slots
ISA Slot*
PCI Slot
PCI/ ISA Slot
ISA Slot*
* Full size expansion boards cannot be installed in these slots.
