Chapter 4 All About Motherboards Part 1
A+ Guide to Managing & Maintaining Your PC, 8th Edition Chapter 4 All About Motherboards Objectives • Learn about the different types and features of motherboards • Learn how to use setup BIOS and physical jumpers to configure a motherboard • Learn how to maintain a motherboard • Learn how to select, install, and replace a motherboard A+ Guide to Managing & Maintaining 2 Your PC, 8th Edition © Cengage Learning 2014 Motherboard Types and Features • Motherboard – Most complicated computer component – One of the first items to consider when building a computer – A motherboard (sometimes alternatively known as the mainboard, system board, planar board or logic board, or colloquially, a mobo) is the main printed circuit board (PCB) found in computers and other expandable systems. It holds many of the crucial electronic components of the system, such as the central processing unit (CPU) and memory, and provides connectors for other peripherals. The motherboard contains significant sub-systems such as the processor and other components. A+ Guide to Managing & Maintaining 3 Your PC, 8th Edition © Cengage Learning 2014 Motherboard Types and Features Consider the following when purchasing a motherboard: • Form factor • Processor socket (for CPU) and chipset • Buses and number of bus slots (Speed) • Other power connectors, slots, and ports on the motherboard A+ Guide to Managing & Maintaining 4 Your PC, 8th Edition © Cengage Learning 2014 Motherboard Form Factors • Determines motherboard size, features – Compatible with power supplies, cases, processors, expansion cards • Most popular – ATX, MicroATX, and Mini-ITX • Mini-ITX is smaller than MicroATX and is also known as ITX • MicroATX is backward compatible with ATX case mounting point and the screws in every place that you would use to put it into the case are exactly the same as an ATX motherboard.
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