Section 1.9 Adapter Card

Made By : Gagandeep Singh

A+ Hardware

What you learn today

CompTIA A+ 220-701 , Section 1.9Summarize the function and types of adapter

cards. - Video - Multimedia - I/O - Communication

Adapter Card Architecture

Identify Adapter Cards

PCI

PCI

32-bit Vs 64-bit 3.3v signaling keyway

5v signaling keyway

3.3v signaling keyway

5v signaling keyway

64-bit spacer keyway

AGP

AGPThis interface was developed specifically to connect

with the video card, by opening a direct memory access (DMA) channel to the graphics board.

It is 32 bit bus. Cards which employ this bus require less on-board

memory; because they can directly access graphical data stored in central memory, their cost is hypothetically lower.

Almost always called AGP (Accelerated Graphic Port). But in newer motherboard you will find PCI-E.

AGP card

PCI-EPCI Express uses an entirely different

architecture, different slot sizes, and is incompatible with with PCI or PCI-X. It’s expected to coexist with PCI-X and not replace it.

PCI-E

PCI-E vs. PCI

INPUT/OUTPUT ADAPTER

SCSI Adapter Card

SERIAL/ PARALLEL Adapter Card