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Adding Accessories 3 Upgrading and Adding Accessories Adding Expansion Cards An expansion card, or accessory board, is a component that usually adds some specialized function to a computer. For example, installing a network card can, in conjunction with the necessary software and cables, connect a computer to a network. There are two types of expansion cards that you can install in your computer: PCI cards and ISA 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. 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. Your computer supports up to five cards (refer to page 12). The Windows operating system can automatically recognize and configure many expansion cards that you may want to install in your computer. With other cards, you will be required either to install a driver, or to run the Windows Add New Hardware wizard to help Windows to recognize the card. You must physically install the card before you run the wizard. Refer to your Windows documentation and online help for more information about using the wizard. For non plug and play (legacy) expansion cards, the settings selected by Windows may be different from those recommended by the card's manufacturer. In this case, the card's jumper settings and driver options might need to be altered. Refer to the manual supplied with the card for more information.

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Upgrading and Adding Accessories
Adding Accessories
Adding Expansion Cards
An expansion card, or accessory board, is a component that usually adds some specialized function to a computer. For
example, installing a network card can, in conjunction with the necessary software and cables, connect a computer to a
network.
There are two types of expansion cards that you can install in your computer:
PCI
cards and
ISA
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.
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.
Your computer supports up to five cards (refer to
page 12
)
.
The Windows operating system can automatically recognize and configure many expansion cards that you may want to
install in your computer. With other cards, you will be required either to install a driver, or to run the Windows Add New
Hardware wizard to help Windows to recognize the card.
You must physically install the card before you run the wizard. Refer to your Windows documentation and online help for
more information about using the wizard.
For non plug and play (legacy) expansion cards, the settings selected by Windows may be different from those
recommended by the card’s manufacturer. In this case, the card’s jumper settings and driver options might need to be
altered. Refer to the manual supplied with the card for more information.