motherboards

[Alex Snow]

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zif=zero insersion force btw.
On Thu, Apr 15, 2004 at 11:58:46PM -0400, 
Tom and Esther Ward wrote:
> Hi, Glenn. One slight correction. He was talking about the ziff  socket
> where the processor goes in to the motherboard not a zip slot.  So anyway,
> that is what that was about. Smile.
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Glenn Ervin at Home" <GlennErvin at cableone.net>
> To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
> Sent: Thursday, April 15, 2004 11:12 PM
> Subject: Re: motherboards
> 
> 
> > Hi Igor,
> > Usually an experienced  sighted person has no trouble identifying the
> types
> > of slots, and likewise the experienced Blind person will have no problems
> > here.
> > I don't believe that they label the PCI slots, and the AGP slot.  We
> usually
> > can tell those by our experience.
> > But one thing, and I think it is referring to what you called the zip
> slot.
> > I think that you are referring to the IDE plugs, which your IDE drive will
> > plug into.  The 3.5 drive plug is the shorter of the three, but there are
> 2
> > others that can get mistaken for each other.  That would be the primary
> > drive plug and the other is the secondary drive plug.  It would help to
> > label these.
> > Now the Memory slots are usually easily identified, but what we don't know
> > is the number of pins and the type of memory for them.  So I would think
> > that this and some other answers would best be given in the manual, in an
> > accessible format.  But again, the 2 IDE plugs do need to be identified.
> > You also mentioned the jumpers.  If there were a way of labeling these,
> that
> > would be great, but I don't know how it would be done.  I would suggest
> that
> > they go with a switch rather than the old style jumper setting.
> > Glenn
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Igor Gueths" <igueths at lava-net.com>
> > To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca>
> > Sent: Thursday, April 15, 2004 9:16 PM
> > Subject: OT: motherboards
> >
> >
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> > 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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