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    The document describes various components and ports that are commonly found on computer motherboards. It discusses components like the PCI slot for expansion cards, southbridge chip for I/O control, AGP slot for graphics cards, CMOS battery for BIOS, northbridge for connecting components, IDE connector for hard drives, CPU socket for installing processors, and heat sinks and fans for cooling. It also outlines ports like PS/2 for keyboards and mice, serial and parallel ports, USB ports, Ethernet ports, audio ports, and integrated peripheral connectors.

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    The document describes various components and ports that are commonly found on computer motherboards. It discusses components like the PCI slot for expansion cards, southbridge chip for I/O control, AGP slot for graphics cards, CMOS battery for BIOS, northbridge for connecting components, IDE connector for hard drives, CPU socket for installing processors, and heat sinks and fans for cooling. It also outlines ports like PS/2 for keyboards and mice, serial and parallel ports, USB ports, Ethernet ports, audio ports, and integrated peripheral connectors.

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    The document describes various components and ports that are commonly found on computer motherboards. It discusses components like the PCI slot for expansion cards, southbridge chip for I/O control, AGP slot for graphics cards, CMOS battery for BIOS, northbridge for connecting components, IDE connector for hard drives, CPU socket for installing processors, and heat sinks and fans for cooling. It also outlines ports like PS/2 for keyboards and mice, serial and parallel ports, USB ports, Ethernet ports, audio ports, and integrated peripheral connectors.

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    local computer bus for attaching hardware devices in
    1.PCI slot
    a computer and is part of the PCI Local Bus standard.

    2.Soutbridge The southbridge is an IC on the motherboard responsible


    for the hard drive controller, I/O controller and integrated
    hardware.

     is a point to point channel that is used for high-speed video output.
    3.AGP slot This port is used to connect graphic cards to a computer's
    motherboard.

    The CMOS battery powers your laptop's BIOS firmware, which is


    4.CMOS backup Battery responsible for booting up your computer and configuring data
    flow.

    The Northbridge chip is used to connect all the major components


    5.Northbridge(with heatsink) of the motherboard with each other.nejejekk

    for connecting IDE devices and enabling them to communicate with


    6.IDE Connector each other.

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    7.DRAM Memory slot capacitor pair. 

    the ATX 20 pin power connector was the standard cable to supply
    8.20-pin ATX power connector the motherboard with power.

    A heat sink and fan is often used in modern computer systems


    9.CPU Fan & heatsink mounting points to keep the processor cool. Without it, the processor could easily
    overheat and become damaged.
    the CPU socket is used to connect a microprocessor with a printed
    10.CPU Socket circuit board (PCB) without soldering, allowing for the CPU to be
    installed or replaced more easily on the motherboard.

    The PS/2 (Personal System/2) port, also referred to as the mouse


    11.PS/2 keyboard port port or keyboard port, was developed by IBM. It is used to connect a
    computer mouse or keyboard to an IBM compatible computer. 

    A computer mouse is a handheld hardware input device that controls


    12.PS/2 Mouse port a cursor in a GUI (graphical user interface) for pointing, moving and
    selecting text, icons, files, and folders on your computer.

    Serial ports are used to physically connect asynchronous devices to


    13. Serial port a computer.

    A parallel port is an interface allowing a personal computer (PC)


    14.Parallel port to transmit or receive data down multiple bundled cables to a
    peripheral device such as a printer.

    It allows data to be moved between devices. Still, USB ports can be


    15.USB port used to supply electric power using a cable to devices that don't have
    their own source of power. 

    The main function of an ethernet port is to create an ethernet


    16.Ethernet port connection. Ethernet connections can be create between computers,
    servers, switches, hubs, routers, modems, gaming consoles, printers
    and much more.

    Audio ports are used to connect speakers or other audio output


    17.Audio port devices with the computer.

    Universal Serial Bus (USB) connectors are designed to connect computers up


    18.Connectors for integrated to external peripheral devices such as a mouse, keyboard, portable hard disk,
    digital camera, VoIP telephone (Skype), or printer .
    peripherals

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