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Contents:
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1. Motherboard Parts
2. Credits
3. Legal
4. Contact Information
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Motherboard Parts:
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BIOS:
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When your computer is turned on the motherboard is in charge of booting up and
runs that is in the basic input output system which is the BIOS. The BIOS is
in charge of testing and preparing the hardware inside your rig and once it
is done it hands off control to the OS (operating system). The BIOS is stored
on a small flash drive which is usually around 2 - 4 megabytes. It is possible
to update it.
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CPU Socket:
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This is a socket which contains your CPU that your board accommodates. Make
Sure when installing yu heat sink that you do not hit/break the capacitors near
Your CPU since sometimes they are placed close by.
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Expansion Slots:
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New mobs support a variety of PCI and Pci-Express expansion slots. If you add
a new mob to your current rig you shall be able to add new and better
Functionalities to your computer such as a better graphics card and better
Sound card. A new long black slot has been implemented onto the motherboards
Which is a x16 PCI-E slots and there are the new small ones which are x1 PCI-E
Slots. The white slots, usually white, are the old PCI slots.
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Memory Slots:
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The are the slots that carry and run your RAM. The place where they have been
located and shape have not changed much since their original creation.Now the
slots are capable of holding more and faster RAM than in te past. They are
also able to carry either Single or Dual channel RAM.
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North Bridge:
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The motherboard's North Bridge is usually covered with a fan now A days since
it acts as an interface between the graphics card and the CPU and between the
RAM and the CPU. The North Bridge is also responsible for communicating with
the South Bridge. The North Bridge usually runs the extra features such as the
high speed USB ports and Lan and extra PCI-E slots. North Bridges need to be
cooled since they are packed with as many if not more transistors than a CPU.
If you see that your motherboard is acting sluggish, you could most of the
time blame it on you North Bridge.
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SATA Ports:
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SATA ports are Serial ATA ports which are used to connect HardDrives to your
computer. Soon enough CD-Rom Drives will be using this interface as well. The
ports are quickly removing the old parrallel ports known as ATA or PATA. Both
of the above mentioned ports will be seen around for a long time still to come.
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South Bridge:
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The South Bridge is usually covered only by a heatsink which controls all
optical drives and hard drives, USB ports and PCI and PCI-E ports. The South
Bridge is usually giving the North Bridge a helping hand when needed but now
that there is an increasing emphasis on hard drives, USB connections and
expansion cards the South Bridge is getting more attention. Just a year ago
the South Bridges usually never needed heatsinks since they didn't do much but
now things have changed and since they move so much information they now need
a heatsink.
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Other Components:
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Motherboard manufactures always have the chance of adding little extras that
will get them more customers compared to their competitors. These parts can
vary in performance. If a SATA Raid Chip, Texas Instrument FireFire
controller and a Gigabit Lan chips are added on you may want to first hit the
internet after writting down the chip make and model to do some research
before purchasing that selected board.
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Credits:
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I would like to thank IGN for hosting this guide for me as well.
I would like to thank all of the great companies who make motherboards
continously in order to make the technology that they provide to be the top of
the line.
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Legal:
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This FAQ is ¿2005 Greg Monkiewicz. You can not take this Faq and sell it,
put it on your website, or change it without my permission. You may, however,
print this guide for your own, personal use.
The only site aloud to have this Faq on their site is:
http://faqs.ign.com
If you see this guide on anyone's site (beside the above), please email me
about it.
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Contact information:
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Do not email me asking to work with me on this FAQ because I prefer to work
alone. You may email me if you have information to give to me or if I have
false information. I may also accept emails telling me about spelling errors
but note that you will not be credited by that. You can send me an email at
gmonkiewicz@gmail.com. It may take a couple of days before you are replied,
and you may not even get a reply.
If you have any questions, you can email me but note that if the question or
information you are looking for is in this FAQ, you will not get a reply.
I WILL NOT READ YOUR EMAIL IF:
-You do not put the topic as FAQ: Question (if you have a question), FAQ:
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information), or FAQ: Spelling (for correcting my spelling).
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