Motherboard

Question 1

What does the MB do?

Answer 1

Connect all internal components together and make the MB accessible from the outside

Question 2

Examples of different types of MB?

Answer 2

Standard ATX/ Micro ATX/ Mini ITX etc.

Question 3

What is the thing called used to insert in the slots?

Answer 3

Peripheral component Interconnect (PCI)

Question 4

What is dual channel?

Answer 4

Slots that give better speed between CPU + RAM

Question 5

What types of channels are there? and colour coded

Answer 5

Single no colour coding / Dual yes/ Triple yes

Question 6

What are Chipsets?

Answer 6

Chips on the MB to control certain things/ North and south

Question 7

South Chip conrols?

Answer 7

Pcis/ Usb func/ harddrive func/ Bios func

Question 8

North Chip controls?

Answer 8

Communication between cpu and ram

Question 9

What do you see on MB?

Answer 9

Cmos battery/ power and fan connectors/ Front and top panel connectors e.g Led lights. usb ports. Audio connectors. Power Button. Reset button