From: TJ@noneofyour.business   
      
   On 10/27/2012 12:41 PM, Adam wrote:   
   > TJ wrote:   
   >> On 10/26/2012 08:29 PM, Adam wrote:   
   >>> eris only has 2 PCI slots (plus two PCIe) and one's needed   
   >>> for the Wi-Fi card.   
   >>>   
   >> Sounds like the Dell that was given to me last winter. It has but two   
   >> PCI slots and one PCI-E slot. That's why I bought a USB wireless N   
   >> adapter for it, rather than a card.   
   >   
   > Is that a full-size tower, like "eris" (bottom-end 2007 Compaq)?  It   
   > looks like high-end desktops have about six expansion slots.  "stolid"   
   > (low-end 2012 HP desktop) also has four slots, but all PCIe.  The PCI   
   > Wi-Fi card was actually bought (on eBay for maybe $15) for "retread", a   
   > compact 2001 Gateway (since scrapped) with only two half-height   
   > ("slimline") PCI slots and a few USB 1.1 ports, and I figured there was   
   > no point getting a USB wireless adapter when there was only USB 1.1.   
   >   
   Yes, a Dell Dimension E310. Low-end, not sure of the manufacture date   
   offhand. Has a sticker that says supplied with XP but Vista capable, so   
   that should date it. Has a 3.0 GHz Pentium 4 processor, slots for two   
   SATA drives (no IDE), max of 2GB DDR400 RAM. Given to me for a spare   
   after the original owner upgraded (?) to a laptop. It's OK for what it is.   
      
   >> That, and Newegg had this one on sale for $10.   
   >   
   > If I /really/ need another PCI slot on eris, I may do the same as it has   
   > USB 2.0.  Right now I'm not using any expansion cards with stolid, but   
   > I'm using two of their openings on the rear panel for external   
   > connectors for unused ports on the motherboard, one USB 2.0, one eSATA.   
   >   
   >   
   I might install my PCI ATSC tuner card in that one some day. Right now   
   it's in my "main" computer. Never did fool around enough with it to get   
   it working as it should, just enough to know it works.   
      
   TJ   
      
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