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PCI versus ISA

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jakenjod

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Jun 30, 2003
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Wondering what is the difference between PCI and ISA adapters and how do I determine which I have? My adapter shows its an Intel Ether Express Pro/10+ PNP (enabled) but when I go on Intels' website to download the driver it has 2 options...ISA and PCI and I don't know which to choose.
Thank you!
 
PCI slots are usually white and short, ISA slots are usually black and longer. As an example in this Picture
the ISA slots are horizontal at the bottom of the Picture and black, while the PCI slots are above them and White and there is a tan AGP slot (never used for anything but graphics) above that. (Above that is a vertical CPU slot on the left and three RAM slots on the right)

I tried to remain child-like, all I acheived was childish.
 
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