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    EL – 113 Introduction to Computing

    Experiment # 1

    Hardware Demonstration

    Performed on:________________

    Student Name:
    Roll Number:

    Maximum Marks Performance = 05 Viva = 05 Total = 10

    Marks Obtained

    Remarks (if any)

    Experiment evaluated by

    Instructor Name:

    Signature and Date:

    Copyright © Department of Electrical Engineering – Usman Institute of Technology


    Hardware Demonstration | page 2

    Theory

    The motherboard is a printed circuit board that is the foundation of a computer and allows
    the CPU, RAM, and all other computer hardware components to function and communicate with
    each other.
    Below is a graphic illustration of the 5-E motherboard and some basic explanations of each of the
    major portions of the motherboard.

    EL-113 Introduction to Computing


    Hardware Demonstration | page 3

    1. Back Panel Connectors & Ports

    Connectors and ports for connecting the computer to external devices such as display ports,
    audio ports, USB ports, Ethernet ports, PS/2 ports etc. See image below for a close-up view.

    2. PCI Slots

    PCI stand for Peripheral Component Interconnect Slot for older expansion cards such as
    sound cards, network cards, connector cards. See image below for a close-up view.

    3. PCI Express x1 Slots

    Slot for modern expansion cards such as sound cards, network cards (Wi-Fi, Ethernet,
    Bluetooth), connector cards (USB, FireWire, eSATA) and certain low-end graphics cards.

    4. PCI Express x16 Slot

    Slot for discrete graphic cards and high bandwidth devices such as top-end solid state drives.

    5. Northbridge

    Also known as Memory Controller Hub (MCH).Chipset that allows the CPU to communicate
    with the RAM and graphics cards like AGP etc.

    6. CPU Socket

    When referring to a processor, a CPU socket or processor socket is a connection that allows
    computer processors to be connected to a motherboard. For example, the Socket 370 is an
    example of such a socket. In the picture above, is an example of what a socket may look like
    on a motherboard. Although there have been computers that used the slot processor, most
    computers today and in the past have used socket processors.ATX 12V Power Connector

    7. Front Panel USB 2.0 Connectors

    Connects to USB 2.0 ports at the front or top of a computer case.

    8. Front Panel Connectors

    Connects to the power switch, reset switch, power LED, hard drive LED and front audio ports
    of a computer case.

    9. IDE (Integrated Drive Electronics) Connector

    Connects to older hard drive disks and optical drives for data transfer.

    EL-113 Introduction to Computing


    Hardware Demonstration | page 4

    10. CMOS Battery

    Supplies power to store BIOS settings and keep the real-time clock.

    11. Southbridge

    Also known as the Input/Output Controller Hub (ICH)

    12. SATA Connectors

    Connects to modern hard disk drives, solid state drives and optical drives for data transfer.

    13. Fan Headers

    Supplies power to the CPU heat sink fan and computer case fans

    14. RAM Slots

    Insert RAM here.

    15. ATX Power Connector

    Connects to the 24-pin ATX power cable of a power supply unit which supplies power to the
    motherboard.

    16. mSATA Connector

    Connects to mSATA solid state drive. In most cases, this SSD is used as cache to speed up
    hard disk drives, but it's possible to re-purpose it as a regular hard drive.

    17. Front Panel USB 3.0 Connector

    Connects to USB 3.0 ports at the front or top of the computer case.

    18. Power & Reset Button

    Onboard button to turn on, turn off and reboot the computer.

    19. System Panel Connector

    Alternatively referred to as the fpanel or front panel connector, the system panel
    connector is what controls the computer's power button, reset button, and LED's found on the
    front bezel of a computer using the system panel cables. The System panel cables, are two
    wire cables that are color coded to help identify where they connect to the motherboard
    system panel connector. The black or white wire is the ground (GND) wire and the colored

    EL-113 Introduction to Computing


    Hardware Demonstration | page 5

    wire is the powered wire. The cables, colors, and connections vary depending on the
    computer case and motherboard you have.

    20. Coil or Inductor

    Short for electromagnetic coil, a coil is conductor wire such as copper in a cylindrical form
    around an iron core that creates an inductor or electromagnet to store magnetic energy. Coils
    are often used to remove power spikes and dips from power. In the picture below, is an
    example of an inductor on a computer motherboard.

    21. USB Header

    The USB header is a pin connection found on a computer motherboard that allow
    additional USB connections to be added to the computer. For example, if you wanted to
    add additional USB connections to the front of your computer a USB add-on could be
    added into one of the drive bays and connected to the USB header. In the picture below,
    is an example of what the USB headers look like on a computer motherboard.

    22. CMOS and BIOS Memory

    The BIOS (Basic Input Output System) settings that you use to control how your PC
    works must be saved in non-volatile memory so that they are preserved when he machine
    is off. This is opposed to regular system memory, which is cleared each time you turn off
    the PC. A special type of memory is used to store this information, called CMOS
    (Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor) memory, and a very small battery is
    used to trickle a small charge to it to make sure that the data it holds is always preserved.
    These memories are very small, typically 64 bytes, and the batteries that they use
    typically last for years.

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    Hardware Demonstration | page 6

    23. Cache

    Cache is a high-speed access area that can be either a reserved section of


    main memory or a storage device. The two main cache types are memory cache and disk
    cache. Memory cache is a portion on memory of high-speed static RAM (SRAM) and is
    effective because most programs access the same data or instructions over-and-over. By
    keeping as much of this information as possible in SRAM, the computer avoids accessing
    the slower DRAM. Most computers today come with L3 cache or L2 cache, while older
    computers included only L1 cache. Cache memory is located in two general locations
    inside the processor (internal cache) and on the motherboard (external cache)

    24. RAM

    Alternatively referred to as main memory, primary memory, or system memory,


    Random Access Memory (RAM) is a computer storage location that allows information
    to be stored and accessed quickly from random locations within DRAM on a memory
    module. Because information is accessed randomly instead of sequentially like
    a CD or hard drive the computer is able to access the data much faster than it would if it
    was only reading the hard drive. However, unlike ROM and the hard drive RAM is
    a volatile memory and requires power in order to keep the data accessible, if power is lost
    all data contained in memory lost.

    Do It Yourself

     Define Internal Structure of Central Processing unit.

     Where cache is situated in mother board?

     What is the difference between Static Ram and Dynamic Ram?

     What is the functionality of BIOS?

     If CMOS battery is discharged .What effect will occur?

     What is the Difference between SATA and IDE Hard drives?

     Why Processor Need a Fan and Heat Sink?

     What is major difference Southbridge and North Bridge?

    EL-113 Introduction to Computing

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