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What is Used by older motherboards and expansion cards and a few newer ones?
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A motherboard has expansion slots, most boards even new ones will have a pci, pci-e 1.0, slots. Depending on how old the motherboard is it will not work well with todays software. The expansion slots today are mostly used for:
- Adding or replacing a video card if the orginial video port goes bad or not detailed enough (pixals in the image) to work with certain software.
- Adding USB ports if the if the older computer does not have enough or any. This way more modern perpherals (printers, keyboards, mouses, external hard-drives...etc.) can be used.
- Adding or replacing a network card.
Now take the newest boards, they have pci-e 2.0 16x, which are the fastest slots, but they still have a pci slot for say a wireless card.
Many of the connections for video, sound, keyboard, printer and anything else used on the computer is connected some way or another all built into the motherboard most times. Sometimes these connections go bad. Rather than buy another motherboard the expansion slots offers and alternative and possible upgrade to the repair of the problem.
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Is Used by many older motherboards and expansion cards and a few newer ones to store setup data?
dual inline package (DIP) switch -jazzmarazz13
What is used by many older motherboards and expansion cards and a few newer cones to store data setup data?
Dual inline package (DIP) switch
What is on a motherboard?
A motherboard contains several integrated components. Most motherboards will contain: * An IDE controller * A SATA controller (on newer motherboards) * A floppy controller (on older motherboards) * RAM sockets * Expansion slot(s) * The BIOS chip * Power connector * Processor socket / slot * Serial ports (phased out on some newer motherboards) * Parallel ports (phased out on some newer motherboards) Many motherboards will also integrate components that can also be replaced by an add-in card: * Graphics chipset * Network controller * Sound card * USB connectors * FireWire connectors * Dial-up modem * eSATA connector
Has technology changed a lot where older graphics cards won't work with newer computers?
Yes, technology has changed quite a bit. Really old graphics card use PCI expansion slots, fortunately most motherboards still have PCI slots. Another expansion slot was invented called AGP (Accelerated Graphics port) used solely for graphics cards. This type of slot is rarely ever found on modern computers. Now graphics cards are installed into the PCI-Express x16 slot.
How many SA TA connectors on a motherboard?
This would depend on the motherboard. I have seen older motherboards that were still trying to use IDE as a primary but had 2 or 3 SATA connections. Newer motherboards have primarily SATA connections.
Which type of expansion cards are designed to replace older PCI and AGP cards?
PCIe (Peripheral Component Interconnect Express)
Where can you buy Pokemon cards in sydney?
EBay works for me for the older cards, but newer cards are sold in all major retail outlets, like K-Mart, Target, etc.
Can you add a pci express slot to an older computer?
No but you can find fairly nice video cards that fit into older expansion slots on ebay.
Will a 1x AGP video card work in an 8x AGP slot?
AnswerYes.Added:Sometimes! Not all AGP 1x or 2x video cards will have the same connection type as 4x or 8x cards, some older cards will not physically fit in the slot for modern motherboards.
Can new motherboards work on older computers?
No, they cannot.
To reduce the cost of a computer system some older motherboards might have a small expansion slot about the length of a PCI Express x1 slot called what?
Its AMR Audio/Modem/Riser Card.
How do graphics work with old computers?
The newer cards don't work on older computers, but the way the older ones work are similar. The older ones just are not as fast, don't have anywhere as much memory, and don't have as much features. They didn't have as much acceleration and processing, so the drivers (and thus CPU) had to do more of the work. Of the older stuff, the monochrome cards were among the fastest. They were simpler than the color cards and did less, so they were faster. For PCs, there were first the 8-bit ISA cards, then the 16-bit ISA cards, then the VLB cards, then PCI, then AGP, then PCIe. Of course, all along that line of development, there were always motherboards which incorporated the video card as part of it. On one hand, that should be slightly faster that way, but they had limited features, and if they went bad or you wanted to upgrade, you were stuck.
