Ryann lee S.

Amay SECTION:10 BONIFIO

Henric B. Paculba

Functions of the different parts of the Motherboard

is a local computer bus for attaching hardware devices in
1.PCI slot
a computer and is part of the PCI Local Bus standard.

2.Soutbridge The southbridge is an IC on the motherboard responsible

for the hard drive controller, I/O controller and integrated
hardware.

 is a point to point channel that is used for high-speed video output.
3.AGP slot This port is used to connect graphic cards to a computer's
motherboard.

The CMOS battery powers your laptop's BIOS firmware, which is

4.CMOS backup Battery responsible for booting up your computer and configuring data
flow.

The Northbridge chip is used to connect all the major components

5.Northbridge(with heatsink) of the motherboard with each other.

for connecting IDE devices and enabling them to communicate with

6.IDE Connector each other.

 DRAM stores the data in a charge on a transistor and capacitor

7.DRAM Memory slot pair. 

the ATX 20 pin power connector was the standard cable to supply
8.20-pin ATX power connector the motherboard with power.

A heat sink and fan is often used in modern computer systems

9.CPU Fan & heatsink mounting points to keep the processor cool. Without it, the processor could easily
overheat and become damaged.
 the CPU socket is used to connect a microprocessor with a printed
10.CPU Socket circuit board (PCB) without soldering, allowing for the CPU to be
installed or replaced more easily on the motherboard.

The PS/2 (Personal System/2) port, also referred to as the mouse

11.PS/2 keyboard port port or keyboard port, was developed by IBM. It is used to connect a
computer mouse or keyboard to an IBM compatible computer. 

A computer mouse is a handheld hardware input device that controls

12.PS/2 Mouse port a cursor in a GUI (graphical user interface) for pointing, moving and
selecting text, icons, files, and folders on your computer.

Serial ports are used to physically connect asynchronous devices to

13. Serial port a computer.

A parallel port is an interface allowing a personal computer (PC)

14.Parallel port to transmit or receive data down multiple bundled cables to a
peripheral device such as a printer.

It allows data to be moved between devices. Still, USB ports can be

15.USB port used to supply electric power using a cable to devices that don't have
their own source of power. 

The main function of an ethernet port is to create an ethernet

16.Ethernet port connection. Ethernet connections can be create between computers,
servers, switches, hubs, routers, modems, gaming consoles, printers
and much more.

Audio ports are used to connect speakers or other audio output

17.Audio port devices with the computer.

Universal Serial Bus (USB) connectors are designed to connect computers up

18.Connectors for integrated to external peripheral devices such as a mouse, keyboard, portable hard disk,
digital camera, VoIP telephone (Skype), or printer .
peripherals