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    PARTS OF THE MOTHERBOARD

    1. Expansion Slot/ Bus – a connection or port inside a computer on the motherboard or riser
    card. It provides an installation point for a hardware expansion card to be connected.
    Computer expansion slots:
    AGP - Video card
    AMR - Modem, sound card
    CNR - Modem, network card, sound card
    EISA - SCSI, network card, video card
    ISA - Network card, sound card, video card
    PCI - Network card, SCSI, sound card, video card
    PCI Express - Video card, modem, sound card, network card
    VESA - Video card

    2. 3-pin case fan connectors - Alternatively referred to as a system fan,


    a case fan is located inside a computer, attached to the front or back of
    its case. Case fans help bring cool air into and blow hot air out of the
    case.

    3. BACK PANEL CONNECTORS- Connections on the back of a computer may be color-coded to help
    locate the appropriate port for a peripheral device. The list below includes many ports and their
    associated colors.
    Keyboard (PS/2) - Purple
    Mouse (PS/2) - Green
    Serial - Cyan
    Printer - Violet
    Monitor (VGA) - Blue
    Monitor (DVI) - White
    Line out (headphones) - Lime Green
    Line in (microphone) - Pink
    Audio in - Grey
    Joystick - Yellow

    Note Many of the modern connector ports (HDMI, USB, FireWire,


    Ethernet, etc.) are black and need to be identified by their shape
    rather than their color.

    4. HEAT SINK - a device that incorporates a fan or another mechanism to reduce the temperature of a
    hardware component (e.g., processor). There are two heat sink types: active and passive.

    5. P4 connector is a 12V power supply cable used with motherboards that have an Intel
    Pentium 4 or later processor.

    6. CPU SOCKET - a connection that allows a computer processor to connect


    to a motherboard
    7. NORTHBRIDGE- acts as a "bridge" for the southbridge chip to
    communicate with the CPU, RAM, and graphics controller.

    8. SOUTHBRIDGE- responsible for the hard drive controller, I/O controller


    and integrated hardware. Integrated hardware can include the sound card
    and video card if on the motherboard, USB, PCI, ISA, IDE, BIOS, and
    Ethernet.

    9. SCREW HOLE - help hold the motherboard securely in place

    10. MEMORY SLOT - memory slot, memory socket, or RAM slot allows RAM
    (computer memory) to be inserted into the computer.

    11. SUPER I/O (Super Input/Output Controller) - handles the


    slower and less prominent input/output devices

    Computer devices handled by the super I/O


    ✓ Floppy disk controller
    ✓ Game port
    ✓ Infrared
    ✓ Intrusion detection
    ✓ Keyboard and mouse (non-USB)
    ✓ Parallel port
    ✓ RTC (Real-time clock)
    ✓ Serial port UART
    ✓ Temperature sensor and fan speed.

    12. FLOPPY CONNECTION - floppy channel, FDD header, or floppy connection is where the floppy drive
    connects to the computer motherboard.

    13.ATA / IDE DISK DRIVE PRIMARY CONNECTION -Integrated Drive Electronics, IDE is
    more commonly known as ATA or PATA (parallel ATA). IDE is different than SCSI and
    ESDI (Enhanced Small Disk Interface) because its controllers are on each drive, meaning
    the drive can connect directly to the motherboard or controller. IDE and its updated
    successor, EIDE (Enhanced IDE), are common drive interfaces found in IBM compatible
    computers.

    SATA- Serial AT
    Attachment

    14.24-pin ATX power supply connector - It connects a power supply to an


    ATX style motherboard.
    A power supply with a 24-pin connector can be used on a motherboard
    with a 20-pin connector by leaving the four additional pins disconnected.
    However, if you have a 24-pin connection on your motherboard all 24-pins
    need to be connected.

    15.COIN CELL BATTERY (CMOS BACKUP BATTERY) - CMOS is short for


    complementary metal-oxide semiconductor. CMOS is an onboard, battery
    powered semiconductor chip inside computers that stores information.
    This information ranges from the system time and date to system
    hardware settings for your computer.

    16.SYSTEM PANEL CONNECTORS - referred to as the fpanel or front panel connector,


    the system panel connector or system panel header controls a computer power
    button, reset button, and LED's. The System panel cables, as shown in the picture are two
    wire cables that are color-coded to help identify where they connect to the motherboard
    system panel connector.

    Types of system panel cables


    HDD LED (IDE LED) - The LED activity light for the hard drive. This
    indicator is the light that flashes as information is being written to and read
    from the hard drive.
    PLED (Power LED) - The LED power light, which indicates when the
    computer is on, off, or in Standby.
    PWRSW (Power SW) - Controls the power button that allows you to turn
    on and off the computer.
    Reset SW - Handles the reset button to restart the computer.
    Speaker - The internal speaker used to sound the beep noises you hear from your
    computer when it is booting.

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