What are the major components of the motherboard? Provide a brief description of each component. The processor is the chip where all the computing is done also known as the brain of the computer. The memory or SIMMs (single inline memory modules) are commonly used to store information the computer is working on. The chipset controls the hard drives, USB ports, and generates sounds the computer makes. Expansion slots let you attach additional cards through connectors like video, sound, and modems. The I/O bank lets you connect devices to your computer through a set of connectors.
Upgrading only the motherboard will give some performance improvement to a computer system. Why would the improvement be limited? This improvement is limited because just upgrading the motherboard doesn’t upgrade the speed vastly if you don’t upgrade the Ram your computer will possibly running just as slow as it was before.
What is the need for all the different busses found on a motherboard? Why can these busses not be replaced with a single bus? You need different busses on your motherboard because there is simply too much exchange or flow of data for just one bus therefore you assign them they’re own devices or jobs to keep the performance of the computer from slowing down. With 64-bit busses available, why should 32-bit busses be provided as well? If your system is older it may require the use of 32-bit busses instead of 64-bit busses because it they just are not compatible with newer