LPX

Updated: 11/13/2018 by Computer Hope

LPX (Low Profile eXtension) is a motherboard form factor developed by

Western Digital in 1987, when it was making motherboards, that was used in
the late 1980s and throughout the 1990s. An LPX motherboard is 9" wide x 13"
deep, uses a riser card, and has different placement of the video, parallel,
serial, and PS/2 ports when compared to other motherboards. Below is a
picture of a Packard Bell LPX motherboard, as can be seen this motherboard
has one large brown slot for the riser card. Using a riser card allowed the
expansion cards to be installed parallel to the motherboard, which is why the
LP in LPX stands for "Low Profile." The low profile allowed computers using
this motherboard to be much slimmer than computers using a Baby-AT
motherboard.

The LPX motherboard was not the only motherboard to have a riser card. The NLX
motherboard also has a riser card, however, the NLX motherboard actually plugged
into the riser card instead of having the riser card on the motherboard.
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