MOTHERBORAD

BY - NAGENDRA R. PRAJAPATI
CONTENTS

 What is motherboard ?
 Types of motherboard
 Motherboard components
 Major difference between motherboard
MOTHERBORAD ?

 Motherboard is also known as PCB

 The motherboard serves as a single platform to
connect all of the parts of a computer together. It
connects the CPU, memory, hard drives, optical
drives, video card, sound card, and other ports
and expansion cards directly or via cables.
 MOTHERBOARD FORM-FACTOR

AT (Advanced Technology) ATX (Advanced Technology Extended) Micro-ATX motherboard

Size- (13.8 * 12 inches) size- (12 * 9.6 inches)

Used in mid 80s developed in mid 90s and smaller than ATX
Provided with advanced still available. Size – (9.6 * 9.6 inches)
Technology power only four PCI expansion slots
connectors
 MOTHER-BOARD FORM-FACTOR

Mini-ITX motherboard E-ATX Motherboard

(Mini-Information Technology Extended)

mainly used for gaming

Size – (6.7 * 6.7 inches) huge memory and more CPU cores
Smaller size and less power consumption has lot of PCI and DIMM slots
Can be used in any cases (either ATX or Micro-ATX) inbuild Wi-Fi, sound cards
MOTHERBOARD COMPONENTS

 Chipsets
 Expansion slots & Buses
 Memory slots
 CPU and processor sockets
 Power connectors
 On board disk drive connectors
 Keyboard connectors
 BIOS / Firmware
 CMOS battery
 Front-panel connectors
 Integarted peripheral ports and headers
 MAJOR DIFFERENCE
Desktop
Laptop

 Regular shape and size  Irregular shape and size

 Components provided only on one side  Components provided on both side
 Large size of components as compared to laptop  Small and compact size components are used
motherboard  Required ports are provided only
 More number of ports are provided