On Sun, Jan 14, 2007 at 11:15:37AM -0500, Douglas Tutty wrote: > I don't understand "PCI-E..on-board". To me, either it's an adapter in > a PCI-E slot or its integrated on the motherboard. My Asus M2N-SLI > Deluxe has two gigabit ethernets on-board integral to the nVidia > chipset. Etch installer saw them OK. Almost all peripherals are attached via one of the standard busses, whether or not there's actually a socket in between. On-board Ethernet controllers can be attached by ISA, PCI, PCI-X, PCI-Express, or even USB, though virtually all on-board Ethernet today is PCI or PCI-E. -- Rob
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