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Tim, Ok! Second attempt at this. I started an answer about ten minutes after you mailed yours, and it didn't even make sense to ME. I tried to call Cameron a few times, but with SigGraph in his backyard…. I talked to Murph, he couldn't remember exactly what the inside of my system looked like (he's built 3 more since mine and really didn't handle that end of it). So I went in and had a look around. First of all, I have 4(four) PCI slots, not 5. I don't know whether that was a typo or a braino, but anyway, it's four. The thing that kept bothering me about what I was saying, was Cameron and I had an out if it came to it, to get another slot. By using a 3.3 power supply, we could eliminate the voltage regulator card, and free up a PCI slot. I couldn't make the math come out right if that was the case. Anyway, good news. Here's what I found. In the four slots, I have the Adaptec SCSI Controller, Imagine 128 Video card, voltage regulator, and the PVR. The daughter card does indeed cover the first ISA slot, NOT a PCI slot. Very very sorry for that bad information. The third ISA slot is close to covered. I think it would really depend on what kind of card and which side the leads were cut from whether I would try and use it or not. I think the only thing I have is a sound card in the ISA slots anyway, so that's not a big concern of mine right now. SO, it looks like you can do what you want to do. I am indeed using all four of my PCI slots. I will mention though, the reason I went with the ASUS board over all others. I downloaded a buuuuunch of threads when I started researching what gear to buy. I had one shot to invest about $25k and didn't want to waste it. I just keyed on threads that used the words "problems, won't work, etc". They just about all came down to, "all of these things work, just not all of these things work well together". I kept seeing Cameron come in there with the ASUS boards that seem to work well with everything. My system as of now has been absolutely glitch free. Of course I haven't gotten it up to race speed yet, just being a rookie and all. Anyway, take all that for what it's worth, but Cameron knows his way around these systems, you might want to have a chat with him before you buy. Again, sorry about that first message. Next time I'll look before I lurch. Terry