3-4 Option Installation
Figure 3-2 Releasing the Cover
5.
Lift the cover up and away from the system unit.
6.
Reinstall the cover by reversing steps 1 through 5, above.
Be sure that the cover tabs on the sides of the cover align inside the frame of the
unit when positioning the cover over the chassis.
EXPANSION BOARDS
The computer supports ISA Plug and Play expansion boards. Plug and Play expansion
boards allow installing 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.
Industry-standard 8- 16-bit, ISA and 32-bit PCI expansion boards are supported in the
system unit. ISA expansion boards can either be Plug and Play or non-Plug and Play boards.
Expansion Slot Locations
The PowerMate system has four expansion slots (see Figure 3-3):
two ISA slots
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.
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.
