Subj : limited to USB 1?
To   : AUGUST ABOLINS
From : WAYNE CHIRNSIDE
Date : Sat Jan 01 2005 02:15 am

->  WC> My current other machine a 486 only needs a different riser card to
->  WC> be both ISA and PCI compliant, well that and move a jumper.


-> AHHH!  "riser card" is a NEW term for me.  I had no idea those things were
-> available.  One site helps with this info: 

->    "Determining What Riser Card to Use

-> "It is easy to determine what riser card is suitable for your motherboard.
-> Every motherboard has a circular mounting hole. The first mounting hole 
beside
-> the onboard I/O ports can be used to determine whether or not the board has 
the
-> right slot locations for normal riser cards. The first PCI slot about 1" to 
the
-> left of this mount hole. This is where the riser card is installed. "

-> However,, it seems that most of these "riser cards" are intended for
-> rackmounted systems?

-> Even with the ability to install one on a regular computer/mobo, wouldn't 
the
-> connectors that would normally come out at the back of the computer case be
-> blocked by the case design and oriented at 90 degrees?

Well the slots on most motherboards are on the MB itself but on the 
two Packard Bell motherboards I've had the slots are on a riser card
sticking up off of the MB.

One slimline case with room for only one hard drive and a standard
desktop with room for two I need merely swap riser cards and
motherboards to accomadate extra room and a larger PS in the larger
case. In both cases the riser cards plug in
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