Motherboards Flashcards
What is the most common motherboard form factor used in desktop PCs?
ATX
A proprietary line of low-power/small form factor motherboard types for industrial and embedded PC applications?
ITX
A common connector type providing power to graphics cards, CPUs, older type of storage media, or cooling fans on the PC motherboard is generally referred to as:
Molex Connector
Which motherboard connector features an L-shape design that prevents its improper insertion?
SATA
3 Characteristic features of a dedicated server motherboard?
Utilizes more than one CPU (Multisocket motherboard)
Offers support for ECC RAM
Designed for limited space (rack-mount / blade)
3 characteristics of a typical desktop motherboard?
Designed for non-ECC RAM
Typically features a single CPU socket
Designed to be used in a tower case
A common solution for BIOS date/time setting resets
Motherboard Battery Replacement