Connectors/Cables
What cable has an L shaped connector?
SATA
What is the main part of a motherboard, the brain or heart of it?
CPUs
What type of cooling system uses liquids? (water, glycol, etc)
Liquid cooling
What tools will you grab to open up a motherboard. (many answers, will take all)
Screwdriver and pliers.
What is the gray paste you put on the cpu
Thermal Paste
Where are the SATA connectors located?
Behind the PCI/PCIe slots
What are the two main types of motherboards?
ATX and ITX
What is the most common cooling system in a pc? (hint, braaaaaaaaains)
Heatsink
How do you physically partition a hard drive? (unofficial)
Axe, hammer, saw
What are the types of cooling? (hint, there are 2 answers)
Active and passive cooling
What type of connector do fans usually use?
4 pin molex
What goes into a PCI/PCIe slot? (more than 1 answer)
Graphics cards, CPUs, SSDs, HDDs
How often should you replace thermal paste?
every time you work on the motherboard
What should you use to clean off thermal paste?
Alcohol and cloth or paper towels, if its on your hand good luck
On the motherboard there are many types of batteries, What is the only removable and replaceable one?
CMOS battery
A Ryzen motherboard is usually used for gaming. What type of connection does a Ryzen cpu use to stay on the board?
Pin Grid Array, PGA
What is the type of cpu slot is usually in a nongaming motherboard?
landing grid array or LGA
What does thermal paste actually do?
Efficient transfer of heat
What should you use to clean a motherboard?
Anti-static vacuums, alcohol (in some cases), and anti-static gloves
What are the two types of chips on a motherboard? (The Brooklyn bridge is nice this time of year)
North and South bridge
If a 6 pin connector gives 75 WATTS, how much does a 6pin+2 give? (some simple algebra involved?)
150 WATTS
What is the lime-green 3.5mm connector on the back of your pc for?
Headphones and/or front speakers
Apple has recently made a brand new smartphone equipped with the top of the class cpus and fans. They've even added some thermal paste to the dang thing! Now that being said, is there an ideal temperature for a cpu to run? And if so, how much liquid nitrogen is needed to reach it?
The range is 40-65*C or 104-149*F
What should you use to test a power supply?
PSU tester, jumper cables, paperclip, etc.
What does RAM and ROM stand for?
Random access memory and read only memory