PORTS AND CONNECTORS
Made By : Gagandeep Singh
CompTIA A+ Certified
TABLE OF CONTENT
PORTS ON MOTHERBOARD
PS/2 PORT
SERIAL PORT
PARALLEL PORT
VGA PORT
DVI PORT
USB PORT
MINI DINS
LAN PORT
MODEM RJ-11 JACK
FIREWIRE PORT
TABLE OF CONTENT
Identifying Game Controller Cable Connector.
Identifying External Audio Cable Connector.
Identifying Male/Female Connectors.
Identifying IDE Data Bus.
Identifying SATA Hard Disk Drive Data Bus.
Identifying Floppy Disk Drive Data Bus.
PORTS ON MOTHERBOARD
PS/2 PORT
Port has 6-pins.
It is a female port.
It require 6-pin male connector.
PS/2 PORT
The mouse is connected with a
PS-2 mini-DIN connector.
Green is for mouse.
The keyboard is connected with a PS-2
mini-DIN Connector.
Purple is for Keyboard.
SERIAL PORT
Device is capable of Receiving one bit at a time.
It is a 9 pin male port.
SERIAL PORT CONNECTOR
Uses either a 9-pin or 25-pin connector and a
cylindrical cable much less susceptible to
interference.
Can be up to 25 feet long.
It require 9 pin female connector.
Use to connect External modems and old
mouse.
SERIAL PORT
PARALLEL PORT
Device is capable of receiving
eight bit at a time.
It is a 25 pin female port. We require 25 pin
male connector.
Port running at about 150Kb/sec.
Dot matrix printers are connected.
Utilize a male DB-25 pin connector on the
computer and a male 36-pin Centronics cable
at the printer end.
Most cables will be no more than ten feet, to
reduce electronic interference along the cable.
VGA PORT
Used to connect the monitor to the
computer.
VGA stands for Video Graphics Array.
VGA offers clean images at higher
resolutions.
VGA PORT
It is a 15 female port.
It require 15 male
connecter.
We can connect devices like
monitors, projectors.
DVI PORT
DVI Stands for Digital Visual
Interface.
Provide very high visual quality on
digital display devices.
LCD computer displays and
digital projectors.
DVI PORT
It has 24 female pins.
It require 24 pin male connector.
USB PORT
A protocol for transferring data to
and from digital devices.
USB stands for Universal Serial Bus.
A single USB port can be used to
connect up to 127 peripheral
devices.
It has three versions of USB.
Version Speed
USB 1.1 12 MBPS
USB 2.0 480 MBPS
USB 3.0 800 MBPS
USB PINS
DEVICES FOR USB
MINI- DINS
Audio connectors are used to affix
cables to other audio equipment.
Connector includes 3.5mm pins
that can be inserted into a socket.
This setup is used for audio,
microphone and auxiliary output.
LAN PORT
This port is for LAN connection.
It has 8 pins.
Ethernet uses a bus and supports
data transfer rates of 10 Mbps.
Connector RJ45 is used.
MODEM RJ-11 JACK
Short for Registered Jack-11.
A four-wire connector used
to connect telephone.
RJ-11 connectors are also used to
connect local-area networks (LANs).
RJ-11 is used for dial up connection.
FIREWIRE PORT
A type of cabling technology for
transferring data to and from
digital devices at high speed.
Also known as IEEE 1394.
IEEE 1394 a devices are running
on 400 Mb/s. (6 pins) , half-duplex
IEEE 1394 b devices are running
on 600-800 Mb/s. (9 pins) , full-
duplex
FIREWIRE PORT
Digital cameras and memory
card readers connect to the
computer over FireWire.
Digital audio and video
devices, external hard drives,
high-performance DVD
burners.
Identifying Game Controller Cable
Connector
Identifying External Audio Cable
Connector
Identifying Male/Female Connectors
A Male Connector
A Female Connector
Identifying IDE Data Bus
Identifying SATA Hard Disk Drive Data
Bus
Identifying Floppy Disk Drive Data Bus
