Biostar M7VIB [20/73] Acr advanced communication riser slot

Chapter 1 Motherboard Description

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1.5.1 ACR (Advanced Communication Riser) Slot

The ACR specification is an open Industry Standard Architecture, and it defines a

hardware scalable riser card interface, which supports audio and modem only.

1.5.2 AGP (Accelerated Graphics Port) Slot

Unlike the mouse ports, keyboard ports and printer ports, this motherboard does not

have built in video facilities; and therefore, requires a video card for one of the

expansion slots. Your monitor will attach directly to that video card. This

motherboard supports video cards for PCI and ISA slots, but it is also equipped

with an Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP). An AGP card will take advantage of

AGP technology for improved video efficiency and performance, especially with

3D graphics.

1.5.3 CNR (Communication Network Riser) Slot

The CNR specification is an open Industry Standard Architecture, and it defines a

hardware scalable riser card interface, which supports audio and modem only.

1.5.4 PCI (Peripheral Component Interconnect) Slots

This motherboard is equipped with 5 standard PCI slots. PCI stands for Peripheral

Component Interconnect, and it is a bus standard for expansion cards, which has

supplanted the older ISA bus standard in most parts. This PCI slot is designated as

32 bits.