The document discusses the key components of a computer motherboard. It describes the motherboard as the main circuit board that connects and allows communication between the CPU, RAM, and other hardware components. It then lists and provides brief explanations of the basic components found on motherboards, including the CPU socket, northbridge, southbridge, RAM slots, SATA connectors, and 24-pin ATX power connector.
The document discusses the key components of a computer motherboard. It describes the motherboard as the main circuit board that connects and allows communication between the CPU, RAM, and other hardware components. It then lists and provides brief explanations of the basic components found on motherboards, including the CPU socket, northbridge, southbridge, RAM slots, SATA connectors, and 24-pin ATX power connector.
The document discusses the key components of a computer motherboard. It describes the motherboard as the main circuit board that connects and allows communication between the CPU, RAM, and other hardware components. It then lists and provides brief explanations of the basic components found on motherboards, including the CPU socket, northbridge, southbridge, RAM slots, SATA connectors, and 24-pin ATX power connector.
The document discusses the key components of a computer motherboard. It describes the motherboard as the main circuit board that connects and allows communication between the CPU, RAM, and other hardware components. It then lists and provides brief explanations of the basic components found on motherboards, including the CPU socket, northbridge, southbridge, RAM slots, SATA connectors, and 24-pin ATX power connector.
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MOTHERBOARD
COMPONENTS
By:- ARYAN PANCHAL
Roll no:- 1881026 Parts of Motherboard:- What is Motherboard? Motherboard is a PCB (Printed Circuit Board) with different hardware components on it.
•It’s the electric conductor of the computer,
responsible of distributing current and communication on each hardware components and chipset (CPU, RAM & etc.).
•Motherboard is also often called as Planar
board, MOBO, MB, Mainboard, System Board, Logic Board, Base Board and Backplane Board. BASIC COMPONENTS OF MOTHERBOARD
• CPU Socket I/O ( Input Output)
• North Bridge PCI express x16 • South Bridge PCI • RAM/Memory Slot x2 SATA Connector • 24 pin ATX Power Connectorr CMOS Backup Battery CPU SOCKET In computer hardware, a CPU socket or CPU slot comprises one or more mechanical components providing mechanical and electrical connections between a microprocessor and a printed circuit board (PCB).
This allows for placing and replacing the central
processing unit (CPU) without soldering.
Common sockets have retention clips that apply a
constant force, which must be overcome when a device is inserted.For chips with a large number of pins, zero insertion force (ZIF) sockets are preferred. NORTHBRIDGE A northbridge or host bridge is one of the two chips in the core logic chipset architecture on a PC motherboard, the other being the southbridge.
Unlike the southbridge, northbridge is connected directly to the
CPU via the front-side bus (FSB) and is thus responsible for tasks that require the highest performance.
The northbridge is usually paired with a southbridge, also known
as I/O controller hub.
In systems where they are included, these two chips manage
communications between the CPU and other parts of the motherboard, and constitute the core logic chipset of the PC motherboard. SOUTHBRIDGE The southbridge is one of the two chips in the core logic chipset on a personal computer (PC) motherboard, the other being the northbridge.
The southbridge typically implements the slower capabilities of
the motherboard in a northbridge/southbridge chipset computer architecture.
In systems with Intel chipsets, the southbridge is named I/O
Controller Hub (ICH), while AMD has named its southbridge Fusion Controller Hub (FCH) since the introduction of its Fusion AMD Accelerated Processing Unit (APU). Serial AT Attachment(SATA)
Serial ATA (SATA, abbreviated from Serial AT
Attachment)[2] is a computer bus interface that connects host bus adapters to mass storage devices such as hard disk drives,optical drives, and solid- state drives.
Serial ATA succeeded the older Parallel ATA (PATA)
standard,offering several advantages over the older interface: reduced cable size and cost (seven conductors instead of 40 or 80),native hot swapping, faster data transfer through higher signaling rates, and more efficient transfer through an (optional) I/O queuing protocol. MEMORY SLOT A memory slot, memory socket, or RAM slot is what allows computer memory (RAM) to be inserted into the computer.
Depending on the motherboard, there may be
two to four memory slots (sometimes more on high-end motherboards) and are what determine the type of RAM used with the computer.
The most common types of RAM are SDRAM and
DDR for desktop computers and SODIMM for laptop computers, each having various types and speeds. Advanced Technology xTended
ATX (Advanced Technology xTended) is a
specification for motherboards created by Intel in 1995. It has replaced the AT standard and it is now incorporated into a wide variety of computer systems as the default motherboard layout.
Although ATX is still very popular today, the
microATX, FlexATX, and mini-ITX motherboard specifications have replaced it.
The microATX, FlexATX, and mini-ITX are based on
the same layout structure, but are much smaller and include more ports for expansions.