Page no 1 AIM:-To study different types of motherboard and RAM s.

THEORY:Types of Motherboards 1) Intel 845 Chipset Family Motherboard

Typical 845 chipset family motherboard

Specifications:y y y

y y y y

CPU Support :- It supports Intel Pentium 4 Socket 478 CPUs, which has pins. It supports Intel Pentium 4. Processor Support :- Celeron & Pentium 4 are the processors which are supported by this family. RAM type support :- DDR 200/266 or PC133 supports this family of chipset.Its supports 133MHz Synchonous Dynamic Random Access Memory (SDRAM).3 x 168-pin DIMM slots are provided onboard. RAM ranges from 64MB to 1GB. AGP support :- This chipset family is supported with Advanced Graphic Port 4x (AGP 4x).It provide brown slot SATA support :- No Serial Advanced Technology Attachment (SATA) support. It supports with IDE. FSB Support :- This chipset family is supported with Front Side Bus (FSB) with frequency of 400 Mhz PCI slots :- This chipset family supports following Peripheral Component Interconnected (PCI) slots.

Page no 2
i) Bus Master ii) PIO mode 3/4/5 iii) DMA mode 2 iv) Ultra DMA/33/66/100
y

Type of power connection :- It is provided with Advanced Technology (AT) power supply. It is 18 pin slot in white color. Again it has Intel VRM 9.0 complicant switching voltage regulator.

2) Intel 945 Chipset Family Motherboard

Typical 845 chipset family motherboard

Specifications :y

y y y

y y

CPU Support :- The CPU slot of 945 chipset family is flatbed, as Processers are pinless.This series supports Intel Pentium 4, Intel Pentium D & Intel Celeron D processers in LGA775 socket with a 1066, 800 and 566 MHz system bus. Processor Support :- Celeron & Pentium 4 are the processors which are supported by this family. RAM type support :- There are four 240-pin Double Data Rate 2 (DDR2) SD RAM module sockets upto 4GB, DDR2 667, DDR2 533 or DDR2 400 MHz support. AGP support :- This chipset family is not supported with AGP. Insteadit is supported with Peripheral Component Interconnected Express (PCI Express) 16x. It provide white socket slot for PCI. SATA support :- No Serial Advanced Technology Attachment (SATA) support. FSB Support :- This chipset family is supported with Front Side Bus (FSB) with frequency of 400 Mhz.

Page no 3
y

PCI slots :- This chipset family supports following Peripheral Component Interconnected (PCI) slots. i) Bus Master ii) PIO mode 3/4/5 iii) DMA mode 2 iv) Ultra DMA/33/66/100 Type of power connection :- It is provided with Advanced Technology (AT) power supply. It is 18 pin slot in white color. Again it has Intel VRM 9.0 complicant switching voltage regulator.

3) G31 Motherboard

Typical G31 chipset family motherboard

y y y y y y y
y

CPU Support :- It supports Intel G31 + ICH7 Chipset G. Processor Support :- It supports LGA 775/Intel Core2Duo / Core2Quad / Pentium DualCore / Celeron Dual-Core / Celeron 4xx processor. RAM Type Support :- It has two DIMM slots available. They supports main memory range of 256MB to 4GB of DDR2 533/667/800MHz. AGP Support :- This chipset family is not supported with AGP. Instead it is supported with PCI Express 16x. Also it provided with integrated GMA X3100 graphics. SATA support :- Supported with SATA2. FSB Support :- This chipset family is supported with Front Side Bus (FSB) with frequency of 800/ 1066/1333/1600 Mhz. PCI Slots :- It is supported with PCI Express 16x. Type of power connection :- It Support 6 channel sound inputs 6.1P. 24 ATX pins power supply.

Page no 4
4) G41 Motherboard

Typical G41 chipset family motherboard

y y y y y y y
y

CPU Support :- It supports Intel G31 + ICH7 Chipset G. Processor Support :- It supports LGA 775 socket for Intel Core2Duo / Core2Quad / Pentium Dual-Core / Celeron Dual-Core / Celeron 4xx processor. RAM Type Support :- It has two DIMM slots available. They supports main memory range of 256MB to 8GB of DDR2 533/667/800MHz. AGP Support :- This chipset family is not supported with AGP. Instead it is supported with PCI Express 16x. Also it provided with integrated GMA X4500 graphics. SATA support :- Supported with SATA2. FSB Support :- This chipset family is supported with Front Side Bus (FSB) with frequency of 800/ 1066/1333/1600 Mhz. PCI Slots :- It is supported with PCI Express 16x. Type of power connection :- It Support 24 ATX pins power supply.

TYPES OF RAM S:Double data rate synchronous dynamic random-access memory (DDR RAM):-

DDR RAM, which stands for Double Data which is a type of SDRAM with 184 pins and appeared first on the market around 2001 but didn t catch on until about 2001 when the mainstream motherboards started supporting it. The difference between SDRAM and DDR RAM is that instead of doubling the clock rate it transfers data twice per clock cycle which effectively doubles the data rate. DDRRAM has become mainstream in the graphics card market and has become the memory standard. Compatible with P4S533X motherboard. It cannot be used where slots of DDR2 or DDR3 are supported.

Page no 5
Double data rate synchronous dynamic random-access memory (DDR2 SDRAM):-

DDR2 SDRAM is a double data rate synchronous dynamic random-access memory interface. It is 240 pins chip. It supersedes the original DDR SDRAM specification and has itself been superseded by DDR3 SDRAM. DDR2 is neither forward nor backward compatible with either DDR or DDR3. In addition to double pumping the data bus as in DDR SDRAM transferring data on the rising and falling edges of the bus clock signal, DDR2 allows higher bus speed and requires lower power by running the internal clock at half the speed of the data bus. The two factors combine to require a total of four data transfers per internal clock cycle. Thus with a memory clock frequency of 100 MHz, DDR2 SDRAM gives a maximum transfer rate of 3200 MB/s. Double data rate type three synchronous dynamic random access memory (DDR3 SDRAM):

DDR3 SDRAM, an abbreviation for double data rate type three synchronous dynamic random access memory, is a modern kind of dynamic random access memory (DRAM) with a high bandwidth interface. The primary benefit of DDR3 SDRAM over its immediate predecessor, DDR2 SDRAM, is its ability to transfer data at twice the rate, enabling higher bandwidth or peak data rates. With two transfers per cycle of a quadrupled clock, a 64-bit wide DDR3 module may achieve a transfer rate of up to 64 times the memory clock speed in megabytes per second (MB/s). Thus with a memory clock frequency of 100 MHz, DDR3 SDRAM gives a maximum transfer rate of 6400 MB/s. In addition, the DDR3 standard permits chip capacities of up to 8 gigabits.

Page no 6
CONCLUSION:It has been seen that different types of motherboard have different components which make them different like the different features like processor support, power supply, RAM type supported, FSB support and various other features. As well as in RAM types the motherboard which supports a particular type of RAM will may not be able to support other kind of RAM. Hence while assembling the specifications and the need should be taken into consideration while assembling or purchasing the PC, considering future upgrades and chang in technology.