The Whole

Communication

Motherboard
A motherboard allows all the parts of your computer to receive power and
communicate with one another.

 The motherboard's main job is to hold the computer's

microprocessor chip and let everything else connect to it.
Everything that runs the computer or enhances its performance
is either part of the motherboard or plugs into it via a slot or
port.
 The Working Materials of Motherboard
 1. The socket for the microprocessor determines what kind of
Central Processing Unit (CPU) the motherboard uses.
 2. The chipset is part of the motherboard's logic system and is usually made of
two parts -- the northbridge and the southbridge. These two "bridges" connect
the CPU to other parts of the computer.
 3.The Basic Input/Output System (BIOS) chip controls the most basic functions
of the computer and performs a self-test every time you turn it on.
 4. The real time clock chip is a battery-operated chip that maintains basic
settings and the system time.
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 SLOTS AND PARTS -->>>
 Peripheral Component Interconnect (PCI)- connections for video, sound and
video capture cards, as well as network cards

Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP) - dedicated port for video cards.

Integrated Drive Electronics (IDE) - interfaces for the hard drives
Universal Serial Bus or FireWire - external peripherals
Memory slots

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 All The Connections
On a PC, it consists of two basic parts -- the northbridge and the
southbridge. All of the various components of the computer communicate
with the CPU through the chipset.
The northbridge connects directly to the processor via the front side bus
(FSB). A memory controller is located on the northbridge, which gives the
CPU fast access to the memory. The northbridge also connects to the AGP or
PCI Express bus and to the memory itself.
Other busses connect the southbridge to the PCI bus, the USB ports and the
IDE or SATA hard disk connections.

PATA AND SATA

1. PATA stands for Parallel SATA stands for Serial
Advanced Technology Advanced Technology
Attachment. Attachment.
2. It is a 40 pin connector. It is a 7 pin connector.
3. It is high in cost. It is cheaper in cost.
4. The speed of data transfer The speed of data transfer
is lower. is higher.
5. Power consumption is Power consumption is
more. less.
6. The cable size is bigger. The cable size is smaller.

7. External hard drives External hard drives can

cannot be used. be used.

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