MOTHERBOARDS * Most important consideration is the motherboard or CPU. * The motherboard dictates what type of CPU you must buy. * The size and shape of the motherboard or CPU are determined by the form factor. 3 factors that are of primary interest today: * ATX which replaced the old AT factors * Its smaller * Better organization * Easier to work on * Support for a wide variety of I/O devices. * It gets its power supply from what is known as a P1. * It
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If you are thinking about building your own computer the first things you are going to have to consider are the motherboard and the CPU. Don’t buy either the motherboard or the CPU until u have a general idea on both the motherboard and the CPU, don’t even buy the case for the computer because not all motherboards fit all cases. The ATX form factor replaced the older AT form factor, the ATX is smaller, better organized easier to work on, and supports a wide variety of I/O devices. The ATX connects
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made up of many distinct electronic components that all function as one in order to complete useful tasks. All PCs are made up of many different individual components, which can be mixed and matched in millions of different configurations. This allows people to customize their PC to meet their exact needs. In this paper we will discuss and identify the major components that make a computer function. The motherboard is the spine of the computer. The motherboard is sometimes alternatively known
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2008 Heathkit Company, Inc. All rights reserved. A Short History of the Computer 2 Objective • Describe some of the earliest forms of computers. 3 The Abacus 4 Charles Babbage’s Analytical Engine 5 The Hollerith Machine 6 First Electronic Digital Computer 7 ENIAC 8 Colossus 9 • Describe some of the earliest forms of computers. 10 The Emergence of the Personal Computer 11 Objective • Discuss the transition of influence in the development
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Video 1.04 Motherboards The motherboard determines what CPU you must buy and vice versa. There are 3 form factors of primary interest today, the ATX, the BTX, and the NLX. The ATX replace the older AT models. By making it smaller it made it easy to work on it. The ATX also has a soft power button on the front and when pressed while operating the computer it will not completely cut off until it does the OS shutdown process. There is also a power switch on the back that kills the power immediately
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NT1110 Notes · Unit 4 · motherboards & busses · topics of lecture · system bus · chipset · form factoe · memory slots · expansion slot · System Bus · Traits & necessities · Signal Pathway · A way of passing information betweem componets inside and outside the computer. · A modular way of expanding the functions or capabilities of the computer. · System Bus Architectures · PCI · AGP · PCIe (PCI Express) · Bus Mastering · Allows data to be passed from one device to another
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importance in a build. It is the very foundation of the computer itself. Without these components you cannot have a functional PC. The Power Supply is very important itself as it delivers the power needed to run all the computer’s components and also provides all the power cables I will need to supply the expansion components that will be installed later in this build. Different devices in the computer and on the motherboard all need different levels of power so to speak so the power supply also reduces
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MODULE 3 SHORT ANSWER 3.1 The major components of the motherboard are the system bus and the I/O bus, the chipset, the form factors (intergrated I/O ports and memory slots), expansion slots, and memory storage interfaces. (1) The system bus controls the signals for data, power, control and addresses. (2) The I/O bus connects the storage devices to the system bus. (3) The chipset incorporates all the controllers on the motherboard. (4) The form factor is the layout of the computer’s motherboard
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Motherboard * Most important consideration -motherboard - cpu Size and Shape -determined by form factor * ATX form factor -replaced older at form factor -smaller -better organization -easier to work on -support for wide variety of i/o devices -p1 power (20pin,24pin) -memory slots are dimm come in pairs.(dual inline memory module) -AGP, PCI -two IDE connectors and two SATA connectors * Soft power button * Front ofcomputer * Does not immediately cut power
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Boards Video 1.04 talked about Mother Boards and how it dictates the type of CPU or the CPU dictates the size of the mother board. The size and shape of a mother board case is determined by the form factor of the mother board. The video mentions 3 form factors. First is the ATX, it replaced the older AT form. The ATX is also smaller and easier to work on and it has a soft power switch located on the front of a computer. The soft power switch allows normal OS shutdown unlike the back switch, which immediately
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