The slow ISA interfaces are still found on older PC mainboards, but the AGP bus and the newer PCI (PCI express) bus became accepted for graphic cards since a long time. Normal PCI interfaces are established since years and are available in all recent computers to build in for example sound or network cards.

No matter how different these interfaces are, the installation of ISA, PCI and AGP cards is always the same. The new card is installed by strong but careful pressure into a free slot.

In order to do this, the case of the computer has to be opened and the slot covering of the chosen slot on the back has to be removed by loosening the screw. If the card has been plugged in properly, the slot bracket of the card can be screwed tightly exactly where the slot blind had been removed before.

In case Windows is not able to find a new device by booting the next time, try Windows hardware recognition (Start: Settings / Systems Control / Hardware).

If this does not suceed as well, a device conflict could be on the hand. This can be checked easily with the help of the device manager (Start: Settings / System Control / System. Select device manager here). Under Windows XP the device manager is also available at System Control / System, but under the tab “hardware”, option device manager. The easiest way to avoid the device conflict is to plug the new card into another free PCI slot.