Help Identifying PCI and other slots on the motherboard

Hello- I', looking to get a new wireless card for one of my desktop computers, and I have never added or upgraded anything other than RAM before. There are 2 cards I'm looking at buying. One is a PCI card and the other is a PCI express card. The only problem is, I don't know what slots are in my computer. I took some pictures of my motherboard, and I'm hoping somebody could identify what each slot is.

First picture: http://s205.photobucket.com/albums/bb81/dopeymompoops/?action=view&current=alltopview.jpg

Second picture: http://s205.photobucket.com/albums/bb81/dopeymompoops/?action=view&current=miniblack.jpg

The first picture is a top view of everything I'd like identified- I'm really only interested in what the slots in the bottom left corner are- I don't need to know about RAM or the hard drive or anything else.

There is a TV tuner installed, and I uploaded the second picture to get a better view of what slot it is using. I dont use the tuner and will most likely take it out.

In identifying the slots I'd like to know what the white slots are, what the long black slot is, and what the short black slot is- the one thats the tuner is currently in.

hardware motherboard express wireless pci addons

asked Aug 22 '10 at 18:16

daveizrad
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3	This picture should help you identify she different expansion slots on a motherboard. answered Aug 22 '10 at 18:21 catchatyou 20.7k●89●165●383

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