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Familiarisation of various cables, connectors and slots

Cables

AC power cable AC power cable female extension

Floppy drive data cable

IDE drive data cable SATA drive data cable

Printer cable (Centronics) Printer cable (USB)

Connectors

Floppy drive power

Floppy drive data connector – Floppy drive data connector – Floppy drive power
connector – SMPS
motherboard side drive side connector – drive side
side

IDE drive power

IDE drive data connectors – IDE drive data connector – IDE drive power connector
connector – drive
motherboard side drive side – SMPS side
side

SATA drive data connector SATA drive data connector SATA drive power SATA drive power
– motherboard side – drive side connector – SMPS side connector – drive side

CMOS battery socket Front panel connectors CPU socket

 Back panel connectors

USB cable and port connectors

6 pin mini DIN keyboard 6 pin mini DIN

5 pin DIN keyboard connector 5 pin DIN keyboard
connector – motherboard keyboard connector
– motherboard side connector – keyboard side
side – keyboard side

PS/2 mouse connector – PS/2 mouse connector – Network connector (RJ 45) – Network connector
motherboard side mouse side motherboard side (RJ 45) – cable side
Serial connector – Serial connector – Network connector (RJ 45) – Parallel connector – cable
motherboard side cable side motherboard side side

VGA display
VGA display connector – connector – monitor
Audio connector - Audio connector - motherboard side
motherboard side motherboard side side

SMPS power connectors

 AC input and female extension connectors – SMPS side and cable side

Memory slots

SIMM slots DIMM slots

Expansion slots

PCI, PCIe and AGP slots