THE

MOTHERBOARD
 PARTS OF THE MOTHERBOARD

1. THE PROCESSOR SOCKET

 Sockets are the home for
your Central Processor
Unit (CPU). Several types
of socket exist, the Pin
Grid Array (PGA) and the
Land Grid Array (LGA).
PGA LGA
2. MEMORY SLOTS
 Memory slots also
called memory banks
are for Random
Access Memory
modules (RAM).
3. ATX POWER SUPPLY
CONNECTOR
4. CPU POWER SUPPLY
CONNECTOR
 Main Power Connector And The CPU
Power Connector
 The ATX Power Supply Port is
used to get the electric energy
from the power supply which
the motherboard require to
function properly
 There are 2 ATX Power Supply
Port types for those
motherboard parts. The 20 pins
and the 24 pins.
5. AGP
6. PCIe Slot
 The motherboard parts
Accelerated Graphics Port
(AGP) and Peripheral
Component Interconnect
Express (PCIe) focus on
graphic cards only.
 PCIe standard is even better
than AGP standard, and
mostly the only one used
right now.
7. PCI Slots
 Peripheral Component
Interconnect (PCI) are
used to install sound
cards, Ethernet cards and
modems.
8. IDE (P-ATA) and S-ATA
Connectors
 The Parallel Advance
Technology Attachment (P-ATA)
interface is used to connect
hard drives and optic drives.
You can attach 2 drives on the
same ribbon, 1 master and the
other slave, and it supports
almost all modern hard drives
storage capacities.
 Modern computer mother boards
have the new interface called
Serial Advance Technology
Attachment (S-ATA). It is faster
than the P-ATA and only 1 device
can be attached to it. The wire is
thinner than his predecessor and
surely help at the cooling
process inside the computer
case.
9. NORTHBRIDGE CHIPSET
 The Northbridge typically
handles communications
among the CPU, in some
cases RAM, and PCI
Express (or AGP) video
cards, and the
Southbridge
10. SOUTHBRIDGE
CHIPSET
 The Southbridge an IC on
the motherboard responsible
for the hard drive controller,
I/O controller and integrated
hardware
11. BIOS CHIP
 The basic input/output system
(BIOS), also known as the
System BIOS or ROM BIOS

 It sets up the hardware and

loads the operating system to
start. When the PC starts up,
the first job for the BIOS is to
initialize and identify system
devices such as the video
display card, keyboard and
mouse, hard disk drive, optical
disc drive and other hardware.
13. CMOS and CMOS
BATTERY
 CMOS BATTERY
 The CMOS (Complimentary
Metal-Oxide Semiconductor)
is a little bit of RAM that
stores all the BIOS
information so that each
time the computer restarts
or powers on, the computer
can remember this
information.
 REAR PANEL PORTS
14. PS/2 Mouse and Keyboard Port
15. USB (Universal Serial Bus) Ports
16. Serial Ports or Communication
Ports
17. Parallel Port or Printer/Scanner
Port
18. Audio and Game Port
19. VGA (Video Graphic
Accelerator) Port
20. LAN (Local Area Network) Port
 REAR PANEL
LAN Port Parallel Port Game Port

PS/2 Mouse Port

Audio Port
PS/2 Keyboard VGA Port
Port Serial Port
USB Port
1. It is the home for the
CPU
a. LGA
b. Memory Slot
c. CPU Slot
d. CPU Socket
2. It sets up the hardware
and loads the operating
system to start
a. CPU
b. CMOS
c. BIOS
d. RAM
3. Handles communications
among the CPU, in some
cases RAM, and AGP video
cards
a. Northbridge
b. CMOS
c. Southbridge
d. RAM
4. These are used to install
sound cards, Ethernet
cards and modems

a. Memory Slot
b. PCI Slots
c. CPU Socket
d. Northbridge
5. Which of the ff. stores all the
BIOS information so that each
time the computer starts, the
computer can remember this
information?
a. CMOS Battery
b. Southbridge
c. RAM
d. CMOS
Type of Computer
Handles huge amount of
data
Provides power to the
motherboard
Faster than P-ATA
Uses touch-screen
technology
11-13. Types of
Computer
According to Use
14-15. Classification of
Digital Computers