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How do you install expansion slots?

Unless the motherboard was specifically designed to support a riser card, you cannot add additional expansion slots to it.


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Expansion cards are generally installed in PCI or PCI-e slots on the motherboard, although it would depend on which type of expansion card you are referring to.


Can you add a graphics card to your Acer extensa 5235 laptop?

No, the graphics chipset on nearly all laptops is on the motherborad and laptops do not not have expansion slots. Desktops often have "on-board" graphis as well, but they have expansion slots so you can disable the on-board graphics and add a video card to one of the expansion slots to upgrade the graphics.


How do you upgrade our ram?

To upgrade your RAM you will need to first buy a RAM expansion card. After you have the card you will then have to unscrew the cover of your computer and you will need to look for several rectangle shaped expansion slots that are on the motherboard itself. You then take the card and seat it securely into the expansion slot and the extra RAM that the card has added will take effect as soon as you start up the computer.


What is the difference between expansion slot vs expansion card?

Expansion Slot is just like port into which expansion card can be inserted. In otherwords port is female and card is male.


How can you tell if your computer has a removable graphics card?

Inside the Case there will be a card Plugged into the PCI or AGP slots. If your VGA/DVI cable plugs into a card in the expansion slots then your card is removable. If not then it is on the motherboard and shares system resources


What are the advantages of installed expansion slots?

Computers include expansion slots that allow users to add new devices to their computers. A computer player, for example, may upgrade their video card to improve gaming performance. They can use an expansion slot to swap out the old video card with a new one without having to replace the motherboard. What are the advantages of having expansion slots? A computer's expansion slots can be used to install network cards. If the computer does not already have a Wi-Fi adaptor, a Wi-Fi network card can be installed. Furthermore, as newer, faster Wi-Fi standards are announced, expansion card Wi-Fi adapters can be swapped out for newer, faster cards.


Are you able to upgrade components of an alienware desktop?

You can upgrade Alienware desktops because of its many expansion slots.


What socket on the motherboard can hold an adapter card?

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You are having problems with your sound card and you want to remove it Where does it be and how can you remove it?

A sound card can either be integrated into the motherboard, or in one of the expansion slots. If it is integrated into the motherboard, it cannot be removed, but it can usually be disabled in the BIOS. If it is in an expansion slot, you need to remove the cover of the case, and remove a single screw that holds it in place, and then pull it out.


What is the definition for peripheral ports and expasion slots?

Peripheral ports such as COM, USB and serial ports, are input/output interfaces that allow devices to connect to a computer. Expansion slots are sockets on the motherboard where an expansion card is inserted.


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