Motherboards Flashcards
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Motherboards and cases follow these
Standardized Form Factors
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Common form factors include
ATX, microATX and Mini-ITX
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These offer standardized connectors
Power Supplies.
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Combine functions from many single-function chips
Chipsets
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Early chipsets offered two separate chips. - Hatfields and McOys
Northbridge: handled fast stuff
Southbridge: handled slow stuff
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Modern chipsets feature shoutbridge
and the CPU hands Northbridge functions.
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Define RAM capacity, USB capabilities and much more
Chipsets
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Provides essential setup information.
Motherboard manual/book
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Come with
Cables,
Standard connectors and more
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The most common expansion bus that offers multiple lanes
PCLe
Pickle
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Cases offer these for mounting various motherboard form factors.
Standardized standouts
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More quality cases offer this
Better cable management.
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When picking a case choose one that supports the
Number and type of drives needed.
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You should do this with CPU and RAM before installing it in your case
Test it
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Install an
I/O shield
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triple check
Standoff positions.
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After motherboard is mounted
Connect motherboard cables.
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Consult this if necessary
Motherboard manual
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Form factors in order of size
ATX
Micro-ATX
ITX
Mini-ITX
AMIM - amimal
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These are customized to fit the motherboard I/O area
I/O shields
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I/O shields have these to fit standard form factor cases
Standard Dimensions
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These motherboard form factors are 9.6x9.6
Micro-ATX
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Different motherboards have different I/O ports so it is “ “ to create a one-size fist all I/O shield for different motherboards
Impossible
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This chip is found on modern motherboards
South Bridge
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The old North Bridge functionality has been moved here on modern motherboards
CPU
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CMOS is mounted on the motherboard BUT it is not a chip it is a
Battery
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Interfaces slow hardware such as hard drives and keyboards to the CPU
South Bridge
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Interacts directly with fast hardware including Ram and video cards
CPU
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These attach to connectors on the motherboard but are not actually part of the motherboard
SATA cables.
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All of these are found on motherboards
PCLe slots
Voltage regulators
Power connectors
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Cable-connected ports
Dongles
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For plugging in RAM and expansion cards
Slots
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The I/O shield does NOT connect to the
Motherboard.
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The technique of organizing cables inside a case.
Cable management
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These are found in chassis to help facilitate cable management
Pass throughs
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These do not exist in computer cases.
Cable bays
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Describes the organization of large, well-designed network cabling installations.
Structured cabling
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These are placed on the outside of the case
Front Panel Connections.
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Power supplies
hard drives
SSDs
Found inside the case
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Tower cases are a type of case
NOT a component found inside or outside.
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What is the best thing to do before mounting the motherboard in the case
Test the motherboard with a CPU and RAM installed.
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This must be installed before the motherboard is installed
I/O Shield because it wont fit after the board is placed in the case.
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Case fans and SATA cables can be installed
At any time.
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Installing a video card into the motherboard before mounting it in a case
May make it challenging or impossible to install the motherboard in the case.
