System Orientation

All directions presented in the procedures in this chapter are as viewed from a position facing the front of the com- puter. Use Figure 7-1 to locate items on the system board.

Expansion Cards

Your computer can hold up to six expansion cards. The three EISA expansion-card connectors will accept a mix of 8- and 16-bit ISA cards, 32-bit EISA master or slave cards. The three PCI expansion-card connectors accept 32-bit PCI cards.

Figure 7-2 shows examples of the different types of expansion cards.

8-bit ISA expansion card

16-bit ISA expansion card

32-bit EISA expansion card

32-bit PCI expansion card

Figure 7-2. Expansion Card Examples

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2100/180, 2100/200 specifications

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