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1 Why Upgrade? Installing Expansion Cards Installing Expansion Cards How Many The number of expansion cards that your computer has depends on the particular model that you have. You can tell how Expansion Cards many cards are installed by looking at the back of your computer and counting the number of slots that are occupied. This Does My Computer is the number of expansion cards that are installed. Have? Expansion Card Slots There are two types of expansion cards that you can install in your computer: Industry-Standard Architecture (ISA) cards and Peripheral Component Interconnect (PCI) cards. PCI cards use the computer's PCI bus (information pathway), and ISA cards use the computer's ISA bus. The PCI bus is faster than the ISA bus. Why Add More Adding more expansion cards will increase the capability of your computer. Expansion Cards? How Many Your computer supports up to six cards. Expansion Cards Can I Install? For instructions on how to add an expansion card, refer to "Installing Expansion Cards" on page 35. 15

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Why Upgrade?
Installing Expansion Cards
Installing Expansion Cards
How Many
Expansion Cards
Does My Computer
Have?
The number of expansion cards that your computer has depends on the particular model that you have. You can tell how
many cards are installed by looking at the back of your computer and counting the number of slots that are occupied. This
is the number of expansion cards that are installed.
There are two types of expansion cards that you can install in your computer: Industry-Standard Architecture (ISA)
cards and Peripheral Component Interconnect (PCI) cards. PCI cards use the computer’s PCI bus (information
pathway), and ISA cards use the computer’s ISA bus. The PCI bus is faster than the ISA bus.
Why Add More
Expansion Cards?
Adding more expansion cards will increase the capability of your computer.
How Many
Expansion Cards Can
I Install?
Your computer supports up to six cards.
For instructions on how to add an expansion card, refer to
“
Installing Expansion Cards
” on page 35
.
Expansion Card Slots