motherboard compenents
motherboard connections
Power connection
computer slots
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These can be used for components such as Ethernet cards, sound cards, and modems.
What is pci slot?
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These are 4 of the 6 SATA connections on the motherboard. These will be used for hard drives, and CD / DVD drives.
What is SATA Connections
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Using this connection over one from your power supply will allow the motherboard to control the speed of your fan.
What is CPU-Fan
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Single slot - In the PCIe 1.x generation, each lane (1x) carries 250 MB/s compared to 133 MB/s for the PCI slots
What is PCI-E 1x Slot
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is measured in MHz, and it determines the speed at which the components communicate, and how much data can move across the bus.
What is bus speed
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small units of data storage that are directly visible to assembly language programmers.
What is programmable registers
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- this is where you will hook in the connections from your case. These are mostly the different lights on your case, such as power on, hard drive activity etc
What is Front Panel Connections
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This connection will come from your Power Supply.
What is ATX 12V 2X and 4 Pin Power Connection
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These are the slots for your RAM.
What isMemory Slots
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A processor will perform three basic functions:
What is Arithmetic,move data,jump
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These are the 16x speed versions, which are currently the fastest.
What is PCI-E 16x Slot
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The FDD is the Floppy Disk controller
What is FDD Connection
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the connection for your hard drive or CD / DVD drive.
What is iDE Connection
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This allows communication between the CPU and the system memory and PCI-E slots.
What is Northbridge
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It is the main connection point for all other components in the system; and therefore needs to be consistently performing.
What is MOTHERBOARD
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holds the address for fetching instructions.
What is the program counter
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This is where you will plug in external USB connections for your case or USB bracket.
What is External USB Connections
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This is the main power connection for the motherboard, and comes from the Power Supply.
What is ATX Power Connector
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This is the controller for components such as the PCI slots, on-board audio, and USB connections.
What is Southbridge
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is what controls all the communication between the CPU, the computer's memory, and the local bus (not the big yellow kind).
What is CHIPSETS
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hold data that is needed for processor operation but is not directly visible to assembly language programmers.
What is special purpose registers
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This is used to allow the CMOS to keep its settings.
What is CMOS battery
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This is where your CPU will plug in.
What is sockets
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performs all arithmetic and logical operations
What is arithmetic-logic unit
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The chipset consists of 2 major parts.
What is The northbridge and the southbridge.