Motherboard

Motherboard

1. CMOS battery:

   • Circle in shape.
     • Act as a back-up energy to power up the computer/emergency electric supply of the computer.

2. Power connector:

   • Port that allows electricity to supply.

3. Main circuit board of the computer which transfer electricity/instructions from one component to another.

   • Knows as integrated circuit in smartphones.

4. Ports for peripherals (external equipment):

   • VGA: to connect to data projector.
     • USB: to connect to thumbdrive.
   • Mouse.
     • Keyboard.
       • HDMI: to connect with digital camera, monitor, PS3, etc.

5. Processor socket:

   • Square in shape and is located at the centre of the motherboard,
     • Space to plug in the general microprocessor.

6. PCI slots:

   • Slots that allow cards to be inserted.
     • Video/sound/media/graphic (text and images) cards.
       • GPU - Graphic Processor Unit allows a better graphic viewing.

7. Hard-disk slots:

   • To hold the internal hard disk.

8. Heat sink:

   • Located on top of the processor to make sure the processor is not hot.
     • Motherboard tends to burn as electricity is always flowing and the key point is always from processor.

9. Memory (RAM) slots:

   • RAM: Random Access Memory that remembers temporary instructions.
     • Without it, a computer could not start as it can't remember basic instructions.

10. * Wires are known as buses.