FACULTATEA DE INGINERIE ELECTRICA

MOTHERBOARD

GRUPA 121 IA

BIBIRICA CATALIN and SANDU CRISTIAN

DESCRIPTION
A motherboard is a very complex piece of hardware on witch all the other PC hardware components are mounted .

MOTHERBOARDS ELEMENTS

1. Socket 2. Chipset 3. Bios 4. AGP (Accelerated Graphics Port)

5. PCI (Peripheral Component Interconnect)

6. PCI Express 7. Memory Interface Slots 8. RAID (Redundant Array of Independent Discs) 9. IDE (Integrated Drive Electronics)

1.SOCKET

A socket is a mechanical component which offers mechanical and electrical connections between a device and the motherboard

2.CHIPSET
A chipset is a group of integrated circuits, or chips, manufactured to work together.

There are two tipes of chipsets:

Graphic Chipset: coordinates the video card Motherboard chipset: Coordinates the essential system components. It has two main components, Northbridge and Southbridge, both performing distinct functions.

3.BIOS
The BIOS (Basic Input Output System) links the physical components and operating system.

4. AGP
AGP (Accelerated Graphics Port) is an interconnection for graphics accelerators.

5.PCI

PCI (Peripheral Component Interconnect) is an interconnection system between a microprocessor and attached devices in expansion slots

6. PCI Express

PCI Express (Peripheral Component Interconnect Express), is a standardized port expansion intended to replace the old PCI, PCI-X, and AGP standards.

7.Memory Interface Slots

RAM (Random Access Memory) is the volatile memory of a computer. The data stored in it is lost when the power supply is interrupted.

8.RAID
RAID (Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks" or "Redundant Array of Independent Disks) describes a configuration (array) with multiple disks designed to provide error tolerance and improved data access times.

9.IDE

IDE (Intelligent Drive Electronics or integrat Drive Electronics) is an interface for mass storage devices, the controller is integrated in the disk or CD-ROM.