Identifying the Parts of the System Unit (Aptiva 2187 - SL-A)

Identifying the Parts of the System Unit

This computer system has 4 bays, 3 of the bays have factory-installed drives in them. The devices are 3.5 Diskette, 40X CD-ROM drive, and 4.0 GB hard disk (some models may have hard disk of 6 or 8 GB capacity).

Diskette drives in this unit use the standard diskette advanced technology (AT) Interface. Hard disk and CD-ROM drives in this unit use an integrated drive Electronics (IDE) AT interface. This computer supports the American National Standard Institute (ANSI) standard for AT attachment disk drives and CD-ROMs.

This system has 3 interface cards slots for adapter card expansion. All of them are Peripheral Component Interconnect (PCI) interfaces.

Some models of this system have a 10/100 Mbps Ethernet port on board.

Some models of this system have a DFP (Digital flat panel) port.

1.  Power Supply - This is a 95-watt switching power supply.
2.  CD-ROM Drive - This machine has a factory-installed 40 X CDROM drive.
3.  Bay 2 - This drive can accommodate a 5.25-inch device.
4.  Hard Disk Drive - This machine has a factory-installed 5.25 4 (6 or 8) GB hard disk drive.
5.  Diskette Drive - This machine has a factory-installed 3.5 1.44MB Floppy drive.
6.  System board
7.  Speaker jack. - (for unpowered speaker only)
8.  Expansion slots - On the rear panel of the system unit are 3 slot openings for installation of (PCI) adapter card.
9.  Modem card - This system may include a V.90 Data/Fax modem.