MOTHERBOARD

MOTHERBOARD

1. ADDITIONAL COMPONENT

   • POWER CONNECTOR - Distributes power to components
   • BACK PANEL CONNECTORS & PORTS - Connectors and ports for connecting the computer to external devices such as display ports, audio ports, USB ports, Ethernet ports, PS/2 ports etc
   • CMOS BATTERY - Supplies power to store BIOS settings and keep the real-time clock running
   • SOUTHBRIDGE - Chipset that allows the CPU to communicate with PCI slots, PCI-Express x 1 slot, SATA connectors, USB ports, Ethernet ports and on-board audio
   • NORTHBRIDGE - Chipset that allows the CPU to communicate with the RAM and graphics card
   • IDE CONNECTOR - Connects to older hard drive disks and optical drives for data transfer.
   • SATA CONNECTORS - Conects to modern hard disk drives, solid states drives and optical drives for data transfer

2. MAIN COMPONENT

   • PROCESSOR SLOT - Slot on the motherboard that houses a Central Processing Unit (CPU) and forms the electrical interface with the CPU
   • MEMORY SLOT - Slots on the motherboard that hold memory modules, that are the Random Access Memory (RAM). To make the computer perform faster.
   • ADAPTER CARD SLOT - Slot on the motherboard that can hold adapter cards. To add more & graphics capabilities, and support for special devices.

3. DEFINITION

   • The motherboard is the main circuit board of the system unit that containing computer chips & other electronic component.

4. FUNCTION

   • Holds many components of the system - Many electronic components attach to the motherboard, including processor chip, memory modules, and adapter cards
   • Provides connectors for other peripherals. - All devices used with a computer need to be connected via wired or wireless connection to motherboard (such as monitor, keyboard, mouse, and printer)