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Specifications of the system unit 89
Specifications of the system unit
The system unit of your computer has four bays (bays
are locations for drives) and three adapter card slots.
You may want to purchase a drive to install in any empty
bay or an adapter card to install in any empty slot.
You can install industry standard architecture (ISA)
advanced technology (AT) adapter cards, and peripheral
component interconnect (PCI) adapter cards. You can
install an AT adapter card in any AT adapter card
connector. You can install a PCI adapter card in any PCI
adapter card connector.
Diskette drives use the standard diskette AT interface.
Hard disks use an integrated drive electronics (IDE) AT
interface. This computer supports the American
National Standards Institute (ANSI) standard for AT
attachment disk drives.
Bay 1. Holds a 3.5-inch slim drive, such as a diskette or
tape drive.
Bay 2. Holds up to a 5.25-inch half high drive, such as a
diskette, tape, or CD-ROM drive.
Bay 3. Located under bay 2. Holds a 3.5-inch slim hard
disk. (No external access).
Bay 4. Located under bay 3. Holds a 3.5-inch slim hard
disk. (No external access).
Right bracket. Holds drives in bays 2, 3, and 4.
Power supply. Capable of providing at least 145 watts
of power to the system unit.
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Riser card. Holds the adapter card connectors.
Adapter card slots. Three openings for adapter cards.
AT adapter card connector 1 (AT – 1). Holds AT
adapter cards.
PCI adapter card connector 1 (PCI – 1). Holds PCI
adapter cards.
AT adapter card connector 2 (AT – 2). Holds AT
adapter cards.
PCI adapter card connector 2 (PCI – 2). Holds PCI
adapter cards.
AT adapter card connector 3 (AT – 3). Holds AT
adapter cards.
Left bracket. Holds a drive in bay 1.
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IBM Aptiva Specifications

General IconGeneral
CPUIntel Pentium
RAM8 MB to 64 MB
Operating SystemWindows 95
GraphicsS3, ATI
Optical DriveCD-ROM
PortsSerial, Parallel, PS/2
Expansion SlotsISA, PCI

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