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Understanding Computer Buses and Expansion Cards

Chapter 8 discusses buses and expansion cards within a computer, explaining that buses serve as pathways for data communication between devices. It details various types of buses, including system and expansion buses, and describes different expansion cards like sound cards, graphics cards, and network interface cards, highlighting their functions and installation. The chapter also covers the types of expansion slots available in modern computers, such as PCI, AGP, and ISA, along with their characteristics and uses.

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Understanding Computer Buses and Expansion Cards

Chapter 8 discusses buses and expansion cards within a computer, explaining that buses serve as pathways for data communication between devices. It details various types of buses, including system and expansion buses, and describes different expansion cards like sound cards, graphics cards, and network interface cards, highlighting their functions and installation. The chapter also covers the types of expansion slots available in modern computers, such as PCI, AGP, and ISA, along with their characteristics and uses.

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Chapter 8: Bus and Cards

Buses
• A bus is nothing but a common pathway across
which data can travel within a computer
• Internal electrical channels that transports bits of
data for process and storage.
• Each channel is called a bus and allows various
devices inside and attached to the computer to
communicate with each other.
• The expansion bus, the wires that connect those
cards to the CPU and chipset
Types Of Buses

• System bus:
– Connect CPU to main memory.
• Expansion bus:
– Allows the CPU to communicate with peripheral
devices.
Cards: The sound card
• A sound card is an expansion board that enables a
computer to manipulate and output sounds.
• Sound cards enable the computer to output sound
through speakers connected to the board, to record
sound input from a microphone connected to the
computer, and to manipulate sound stored on a
disk.
• An expansion card that records sound, saves a file
and play it back.
…sound card
• Sampling and digitizing the sound
• Converting the sound from analog to digital
• Installing the sound card
– Install a card in empty PCI slot
– Install the driver
Graphics Card (display adaptor)
• A graphics card is an expansion board that controls
and produces video on the monitor
• Graphic cards are produced for PCI and AGP
expansion slots.
What types of expansion slots might be on my computer?

• There are three types of expansion slots found in


modern computers: PCI, AGP, and ISA.
PCI (Peripheral Component Interconnect)
• PCI is the most common expansion slot found in
modern computers
• PCI slots provide a high-speed data path between
the computer and peripheral devices connected by
expansion cards
• There are typically two to four PCI slots on the
motherboard.
…PCI
• PCI is plug-and-play.
• PCI buses are most commonly used for devices
such as sound cards, modems, and network cards.
ISA (Industry Standard Architecture)
• ISA is an expansion slot found only in Windows
based computers.
• It operates at a much slower speed than PCI.
• Thus most ISA expansion cards that are available
work with slower devices such as modems
• Most Window based computers today contain a mix
of PCI and ISA slots.
• However, the ISA slot is expected to be eliminated
soon.
AGP (Accelerated Graphics Port)
• AGP is a specialized expansion slot used only for a
graphics or video card
• AGP operates at a much faster speed than PCI. Only
one AGP slot is provided on AGP-equipped
motherboards
• The transfer rate of the video/graphics card should
match the transfer rate of the slot.
Network Interface Card (NIC)
• A network interface card is an expansion board that
is used to control the exchange of data between the
computer and a network.
• Modern network interface cards are produced for
PCI expansion slots
Install the Video Adapter Card

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