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Form Factor
The industry-standard physical dimensions of the major

components of computers. General guidelines for the placement of connectors, CPU sockets, ports, CPU fan connections, even screw holes. Enables the companies/manufacturers to market their motherboards to w wider audience.

 Where you put your processor.

Slotted for older version
Socketed - for current processors.

Socket 423 for Intel Pentium Socket 462 for AMD

 Gives supply to your fan.

 Slots, usually color black, where RAM sticks are

installed.

 The connector that goes to the motherboard to provide

it with power. 5Volts or 12 Volts

 EIDE Enhanced Integrated Drive Electronic

Provides standardized interface for hard drives, CD-

media drives and other EIDE devices

FDD Floppy Disk drive
Provides standard interface for FDD.

 A chipset describes the architecture of an integrated

circuit. A group of integrated circuits, or chips, that are designed to work together. It controls communications between the processor and external devices

 Part of the expansion slot.

Allow the user to increase the capabilities of a

computer without having to buy an entire new system.

AGP Accelerated Graphics Port A high-speed point-to-point channel for attaching a video card to a computer's motherboard, primarily to assist in the acceleration of 3D computer graphics. PCI Peripheral Component Interconnect Industry-standard bus for attaching peripherals to computers CNR Communication and Networking Riser

 Enables your system to retain accurate date and time

setting in the event of complete power outage.

 Chip where BIOS is stored.

BIOS Basic Input Output System Small set of code that enables the CPU to communicate properly with the devices built into the motherboard. Initialize and identify system devices such as the video display card, keyboard and mouse, hard disk, CD/DVD drive and other hardware. Manufacturer: AMI, Award, phoenix

 Types of Devices that need BIOS

Unchanging system devices

core devices Changeable system devices HDD, FDD Other devices sound card, network card

System Setup Utility enables

you to make changes to the setup and configuration of various changeable hardware devices without disturbing the underlying structure that keeps the core hardware working properly.

 Overclocking
An action in which the CPU is adjusted to a higher clock

rate than its factory preset, however, it can seriously compromise safety in insufficiently cooled computers and generally shorten component lifespan.
Flashing the BIOS
rewriting of the contents of the BIOS BIOS updates or upgrading of BIOS

 Connectors found on the

front of the system unit.

Power Reset buttons Power lights

Hard drive activity light

PC speaker

 Enables the user to make certain changes to important

motherboard settings. Jumper

Pair of wires that enable or disable by placing a small

plastic and metal shunt over both wires.

 DIP Switch
Plastic box with tiny white switches.
Flipping a switch from off to on enables the switch.

 AT Motherboards bigger, for older pc

Full AT
Baby AT

ATX Motherboards Smaller

With improves number of external connectors designed

to support the increasing demand for PC users and their peripherals. MicroATX FlexATX