Chapter 6 Vocab

Question 1

What are the 4 types of form factors?

Answer 1

Ax form factor

Micro ATX form factor

Mini ITX form factor

ITX form factor

Question 2

I/O area

Answer 2

Where you put all your input item in the motherboard

Question 3

Ax form factor

Answer 3

Biggest common form factor we have 12” x 9.6”

Question 4

Micro ATX form factor

Answer 4

9.6” x 9.6” looks similar

Question 5

Mini ITX form factor

Answer 5

Small systems the smallest form factor there are smaller systems but you can’t put RAM etc in other smaller ones

Question 6

ITX form factor

Answer 6

not that common at all. Larger of the form factors

Question 7

I/O shield

Answer 7

All mother boards come with one. Shape of I/O shielded —- fixed size

Question 8

What are the OG chipsets?

Answer 8

North bridge and south bridge

Question 9

North bridge

Answer 9

traditional acted as the interface of the CPU, memory controller, high speed expansion buses — fast stuff

Question 10

South bridge

Answer 10

Enter connection to the slower stuff. USB ports