A technician must be familiar with different expansion slots because they are crucial for enhancing a computer's functionality by allowing the addition of hardware components like graphics cards, sound cards, and network cards. Understanding the types of slots, such as PCI, PCIe, and AGP, ensures compatibility with the motherboard and the intended upgrades. This knowledge helps in troubleshooting and optimizing system performance, as well as ensuring the correct installation of components. Ultimately, it enables technicians to make informed decisions about hardware upgrades and repairs.
The price of 8 expansion slots equals the price of 7 expansion slots.
PCIe and PCI
Pci. Pci-e
expansion slots are the slots that are located on the mother boards of the computer and at the left side of the south bridge.
USB Firewire Ethernet PCI SATA
On an AT motherboard, the CPU will be placed in front of the expansion slots
ISA
ISA
Unless the motherboard was specifically designed to support a riser card, you cannot add additional expansion slots to it.
There is no need to predict it, the reason is that is was designed and built that way. Designing in such slots allows for future upgrades and different utilisations of the computer.
BTX
microBTX