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MOTHERBOARD COMPONENTS AND

CONNECTORS AND THIER USES


MOTHERBOARD COMPONENTS AND CONNECTORS
AND THIER USES

1. PCI SLOT (Peipheral Component 9. ATX Power Connector - ATX is a


Interconnect) - PCI Express, officially motherboard and power supply
abbreviated as PCIe or PCI-e, is a high-speed configuration specification developed by
serial computer expansion bus standard, Intel in 1995 to improve on previous de
designed to replace the older PCI, PCI-X and facto standards like the AT design.
AGP bus standards.
10. IDE Connector - Integrated Drive
2. PCI-E 16x Slot - PCIe x16: This slot is used Electronics (IDE) is a standard interface for
for cards that require a high bandwidth like connecting a motherboard to storage
graphics cards; these are the largest slots devices such as hard drives and
on the motherboard. CD-ROM/DVD drives. The original IDE had a
16-bit interface that connected two devices
3. PCI-E 1x Slot - Basically, a PCIe x1 slot to a single-ribbon cable.
is used to plug in low demanding PCIe
expansion cards that do not have a very 11. Southbridge - The southbridge is one of
high throughput (transfer rate) such as the two chips in the core logic chipset on a
Network Adapters, Port Expansion Cards, personal computer motherboard, the other
Sound Cards and Certain Riser Cards. being the northbridge. The southbridge
typically implements the slower capabilities
4. Northbridge- The northbridge is one of the of the motherboard in a
two chips, or integrated circuits (ICs), within northbridge/southbridge chipset computer
the chipset on the motherboard. architecture.

5. ATX 12V 2X and 4 Pin Power 12. SATA Connections - SATA (also referred to
Connection - This is the 4-pin connector as Serial ATA) stands for Serial Advanced
which supplies electrical current to your Technology Attachment, an industry-
CPU and is mandatory to connect in the standard bus interface for connecting a
motherboard provided you are not using the computer's host bus adapter to storage
EPS12V connector which is explained below. devices such as hard disk drives (HDD),
The ATX12V 4-pin connector is used by a optical drives and solid-state drives (SSD).
majority of processors be it Intel or AMD.
13. Front Panel Connections - Alternatively
referred to as the fpanel or front panel
6. CPU-Fan Connection - A motherboard fan connector, the system panel connector or
connector is a small three or four-pin system panel header controls a computer
connector located on the motherboard. The power button, reset button, and LED's.
fan will have one set of cables (bundled
together) that will connect into the 14. FDD Connections - Frequency Division
connector on the motherboard. Duplex. FDD requires two separate wireless
communications channels on separate
7. CPU socket - In computer hardware, a CPU frequencies, one for transmit and the other
socket or CPU slot contains one or more for received data. FDD is used in the
mechanical components providing following wireless systems:
mechanical and electrical connections
between a microprocessor and a printed 15. External USB Connections - What Is an
circuit board. This allows for placing and External USB Hub? A USB (universal serial
replacing the central processing unit without bus) hub is a device that you attach to your
soldering. computer or your laptop that works in a
similar manner to an extension lead. It
8. DIMM slots - DIMM (dual in-line memory allows you to extend one USB port into two,
module) slots are the place on your four or even ten USB ports.
motherboard where the RAM goes. As such,
you may also see DIMM slots referred to as 16. CMOS battery - CMOS stands for
“RAM slots.” The more DIMM slots your “Complementary Metal Oxide
motherboard has, the more RAM you can Semiconductor.” The CMOS battery powers
the BIOS firmware in your laptop [2]. BIOS
needs to remain operational even when
your computer isn't plugged into a power
source. That's where the battery comes in.

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