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PCI or PCI-E on my motherboard: details attached

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Hello Guys,
I have the following PC:
Manufacturer : Packard Bell BV
Product : PT890-8237A

it came with NO parallel and serial port. I bought months ago a parallel PCI-E port which works fine. I have to buy now a serial Port but don't know if the remaining two white slots are PCI compliant or PCI-E.
from PC wizard those are the main characteristics:

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 Slots Information :	 
Slot PCI-Express :	32-bit  [5.0v]  -  Empty 
Slot PCI-Express :	32-bit  [5.0v]  -  Empty 
Slot PCI-Express :	32-bit  [5.0v]  -  Empty 
Slot PCI-Express :	32-bit  [5.0v]  -  Unspecified 
then PCI bus entry:

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General Information :	 
Number of PCI Bus :	5 
Number of PCI Connectors :	0 

 Peripheral Type :	 
Device 1, Bus 0 :	AGP 
Device 3, Bus 0 :	PCI-Express 
Device 4, Bus 0 :	PCI-Express 
Device 1, Bus 2 :	PCI-Express 

 General Features :	 
Support PCI Mechanism 1 :	Yes 

 Bus Information #0 :	 
Device :	P4M890 Host Bridge 
Device :	P4M890 Host Bridge 
Device :	P4M890 Host Bridge 
Device :	P4M890 Host Bridge 
Device :	P4M890 Host Bridge 
Device :	P4M890 I/O APIC Interrupt Controller 
Device :	P4M890 Security Device 
Device :	P4M890 Host Bridge 
Device :	ProSavageDDR CPU to AGP Bridge 
Device :	P4M890 PCI to PCI Bridge Controller 
Device :	P4M890 PCI to PCI Bridge Controller 
Device :	Serial ATA Controller 
Device :	VT82xxxx EIDE Controller (All VIA Chipsets) 
Device :	VT82xxxxx USB UHCI Controller (All VIA Chipsets) 
Device :	VT82xxxxx USB UHCI Controller (All VIA Chipsets) 
Device :	VT82xxxxx USB UHCI Controller (All VIA Chipsets) 
Device :	VT82xxxxx USB UHCI Controller (All VIA Chipsets) 
Device :	VT6202/12 USB EHCI Controller 
Device :	VT8237A PCI to ISA Bridge 
Device :	VT8251 Ultra VLINK Controller 
Device :	VT8237A PCI to PCIe Bridge 
Device :	VT8237A PCI to PCI Bridge 

 Bus Information #2 :	 
Device :	G72 [GeForce 7500 LE] 

 Bus Information #4 :	 
Device :	RTL8139/810x Fast Ethernet Adapter 
Device :	VIA 1394 OHCI Compliant Host Controller [VT6306] 

 Bus Information #128 :	 
Device :	High Definition Audio Controller 

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then BUS PCI-EXPRESS

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 PCI-Express Information :	 
Number of connectors :	4 
PCI-Express Base :	0xE0000000 

 Bus PCI-Express :	 
Device :	P4M890 PCI to PCI Bridge Controller 
Version :	1.0 
Port :	0 
Physical Slot :	#0 
Slot Populated :	Yes 
Link Width :	x16   (max. x16) 
Link Speed :	2.5GB/s 

 Bus PCI-Express :	 
Device :	P4M890 PCI to PCI Bridge Controller 
Version :	1.0 
Port :	1 
Physical Slot :	#0 
Slot Populated :	Yes 
Link Width :	x1   (max. x1) 
Link Speed :	2.5GB/s 

 Bus PCI-Express :	 
Device :	G72 [GeForce 7500 LE] 
Version :	1.0 
Port :	0 
Link Width :	x16   (max. x16) 
Link Speed :	2.5GB/s 
The two remaining slots are white and i am not sure if they pci or PCI-Express. any help please and which version of PCI/PCI-Express i do have to install a serial Port.

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Can you post a picture of your board? If you can we can give you a 100% answer, but since I am seeing AGP mentioned I am going to say that you don't have a PCIe x16 slot.
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Many thanks for your prompt answer. I am afraid i can't take a photo of my motherboard, but it is FOXCONN n15235. it is similar to this one
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the only difference the shorter yellow slot is behind the two white slots. the latter are empty and near my GeForce card. also can i know which version of PCI/PCi-E ls
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this is the model that i do have

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KIKOU wrote:this is the model that i do have

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the two white slots are PCI, the short yellow is PCI Express 1x, and the top yellow is PCI express x16
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Yup, the white slots are certainly without a doubt PCI slots.
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skier wrote: the two white slots are PCI, the short yellow is PCI Express 1x, and the top yellow is PCI express x16

Never seen anything that connects to the PCI-E 1x. Whats that normally used for??

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Neptune24 wrote:
skier wrote: the two white slots are PCI, the short yellow is PCI Express 1x, and the top yellow is PCI express x16

Never seen anything that connects to the PCI-E 1x. Whats that normally used for??

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