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Lecture Notes on The Motherboard | BU 396, Study notes of Introduction to Business Management

Material Type: Notes; Professor: Tollison; Class: Systems Oper Mgmt CANCELLED; Subject: Business; University: Mississippi University for Women; Term: Fall 2007;

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The Motherboard
September 18 (Day); September 12 (Night)
What is a Motherboard?:
oA motherboard’s primary purpose is to house the processor and allow all devices to
communicate with it and with one another.
What is on a Motherboard?:
oCPU Socket / Slot (discussed in a previous lecture) (p. 86)
oCPU Fan Power Connector (p. 86)
oMemory Slots (p. 87) :
2-4 slots very near the motherboard for installing RAM
oPower Connector (p. 87):
Used to power objects on the motherboard such as the processor and the
memory.
oChip Set (the Northbridge and Southbridge discussed in an earlier lecture) (p. 88)
oEIDE and FDD Ports (p. 88):
Used to allow floppy drives, hard drives, CD-ROM drives, and DVD
drives a connection to the motherboard.
oExpansion Slots (p. 89):
Expansion slots allow you to customize your computer by plugging
components into the expansion slots.
Expansion slots allow the user to increase the capabilities of a computer
without having to buy an entirely new system every time an innovation
appears.
oFlash ROM (p. 89) :
Flash ROM is the read only memory that stores the motherboard BIOS
(a.k.a. system BIOS).
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The Motherboard September 18 (Day); September 12 (Night)

 What is a Motherboard?:

o A motherboard’s primary purpose is to house the processor and allow all devices to communicate with it and with one another.

 What is on a Motherboard?:

o CPU Socket / Slot (discussed in a previous lecture) (p. 86) o CPU Fan Power Connector (p. 86)

o Memory Slots (p. 87):

 2-4 slots very near the motherboard for installing RAM o Power Connector (p. 87):  Used to power objects on the motherboard such as the processor and the memory. o Chip Set (the Northbridge and Southbridge discussed in an earlier lecture) (p. 88) o EIDE and FDD Ports (p. 88):  Used to allow floppy drives, hard drives, CD-ROM drives, and DVD drives a connection to the motherboard.

o Expansion Slots (p. 89):

 Expansion slots allow you to customize your computer by plugging components into the expansion slots.  Expansion slots allow the user to increase the capabilities of a computer without having to buy an entirely new system every time an innovation appears.

o Flash ROM (p. 89):

 Flash ROM is the read only memory that stores the motherboard BIOS (a.k.a. system BIOS).

o Front Panel Connectors (p. 90):  Every motherboard has several connectors for various items on the front of the motherboard, such as the power and reset buttons, lights, speaker, etc. o Jumpers (p. 91):  A jumper are pairs of wires that you enable (turn on) or disable (turn off) by placing a small plastic and metal cover both wires.  If the cover is present, the setting is ON.  If the cover is absent, the setting is OFF. Jumper Switch

o DIP Switch (p. 91):

 A DIP switch is a small plastic box with tiny switches.  The switches may either be flipped ON or OFF. DIP Switch

o External Ports (p. 91):

 ATX motherboards have a series of external port connections attached to one edge that poke through the back of the PC.

A Baby-AT motherboard sitting atop an AT motherboard. o ATX (p. 95):  The Industry standard  Designed by Intel for use in their Pentium systems in 1996.  Have substantially more external connectors for peripheral devices, including PS/  The RAM is closer to the Northbridge and the Southbridge  CPU on top of board near power supply  Measure 12 in. X 9 in. ATX motherboard (left); AT motherboard (right)