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About expansion cards – Apple Power Macintosh 4400 User Manual

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This appendix provides information about expansion cards and memory
(including an optional cache), and explains how to install them.

Installing an expansion card or memory involves three procedures (detailed
steps for each are provided later in this appendix):

m opening the computer
m inserting the card or memory module into a specific slot or socket
m closing the computer

About expansion cards

Expansion cards are printed circuit boards that can be installed in your
computer to give it special features, such as networking capability. Three
slots that will accept different size expansion cards are available within
your Macintosh:

m one peripheral component interconnect (PCI) slot that accommodates most

6.88-inch cards

m one PCI slot that accommodates either a 6.88-inch card or a full-size

12.28-inch card

Appendix B
Installing Expansion Cards and Additional Memory

Read this appendix for

instructions on installing an

expansion card in your computer.