OT: motherboards

[Kenny Hitt]

Hi.  The AGP slot is usually closest to the end with the back
connecters.  It is set further back from the edge of the board than the
PCI slotts.  This assumes you are talking about ATX mother boards.

Hope this helps.
          Kenny

On Thu, Apr 15, 2004 at 10:16:25PM -0400, Igor Gueths wrote:
> Hi all. I just got my Asus A7n8x-x board today, and I am reminded once 
> again that it is next to impossible to figure out the layout of the 
> board. Like I know I am supposed to be looking for 6 expansion slots (5 
> PCI and 1 AGP), and I think I found them but not positive of that. I 
> also think I found the ziff socket and the DIMM slots, but not sure of 
> that either. So now I'm trying to come up with ideas on how to make 
> building a box more accessible to the visually impaired. One idea I came 
> up with is to add/rephrase it in the manual so that you are able to 
> relate the location of for example, IDE connectors to where your hand 
> (s) are positioned on the motherboard. Much like documentation for 
> adaptive equipment. I'm not sure it would be possible to stick little 
> labels next to/on jumper connectors for example, because I'm thinking 
> they may melt because of changing temperatures inside the machine/during 
> the shipping process. Anyone have any other ideas? I am actually 
> thinking of incorporating any ideas people may have here with ones of my 
> own and writing to Asus with my suggestions. 
> -- 
> Failure is not an option, it comes bundled with your Microsoft product.
> 
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