MOTHERBOARD – COMPUTER HARDWARE
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Motherboard
The motherboard is the vital board holding the essential processing elements of a P.C. It permits all the elements of your pc to receive power and communicate with each other. It’s typically screwed to the case on its largest face, which might be the lowest or the facet of the case counting on the form factor and orientation. The shape factor describes the shape and layout of the motherboard. It affects wherever individual parts go and also the shape of the computer’s case. Connected on to the motherboard are the C.P.U., RAM, expansion cards, networking, video, and audio parts.
Figures: Overhead: An older motherboard, Lower: the Intel Z77 motherboard.
ATX (Advanced Technology eXtended) is a motherboard type factor specification developed by Intel in 1995. A large ATX board is twelve × 9.6 in (305 × 244 mm). It was the first big change in the computer case, motherboard, and power supply design in many years, improving the standardization and interchangeability of parts. The description defines the key mechanical dimensions, mounting purpose, I/O panel, power and connector interfaces between a pc case, a motherboard, and a power provide. The description has been revised varied times since 1995, the foremost recent being version 2.3, released in 2007.
Standards: ATX, standards for smaller boards: microATX, FlexATX, and mini-ITX.
Figure: the Intel Z77 motherboard (Plan View). (Intel, 2014b)
| 1. 12V Processor Core Voltage Connector (8 pins) |
15. POST Code LED Display | 29. High Definition (HD) Audio AC97 Front Panel Header |
| 2. Voltage Regulator status LEDs | 16. Front Panel Header | 30. CMOS RAM Battery |
| 3. Processor Socket (LGA1155) | 17. USB 2.0 Dual-Port Header (black) | 31. Rear Chassis Fan Header (4 pins) |
| 4. Processor Fan Header (4 pins) | 18. Chassis Intrusion Header | 32. 5 port audio with S/PDIF |
| 5. Memory Slots | 19. BIOS Configuration Jumper | 33. Intel Gigabit (10/100/1000 Mb/s) Ethernet LAN |
| 6. Front Chassis Fan Header (4 pins) | 20. Consumer IR (CIR) headers | 34. IEEE 1394a port |
| 7. Onboard Speaker | 21. USB 3.0 Front Panel Connector (Blue) |
35. External Serial ATA (eSATA) port (3 Gb/s) |
| 8. Main Power Connector (2×12 pin) | 22. S/PDIF out Header (4 pins) | 36. USB ports: 4 USB 3.0 ports (blue) 2 USB 2.0 ports (black) |
| 9. Onboard Power Button | 23. Diagnostic Status LEDs | 37. Graphics ports |
| 10. +5V Standby Power Indicator LED | 24. Auxiliary chassis fan header (4 pins) | 38. Back to BIOS button |
| 11. SATA 3.0 Connector (black) | 25. IEEE 1394a front panel header | 39. PS/2 port |
| 12. SATA Ports: (4 SATA 6.0 ports (blue & grey) (2 SATA 3.0 ports (black) |
26. PCI Express 2.0 x1 connector | 40. USB 2.0 ports (yellow) 2 high current/ fast charging ports |
| 13. Intel z77 Express Chipset | 27. Conventional PCI bus connector | 41. Voltage Regulator modules with heat sinks |
| 14. Alternate Front Panel Power LED Header |
28. PCI Express 3.0 x16 connector |
| HEAT SINKS, FANS | PC POWER SUPPLY | Graphics, Sound and Network Card |
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