Motherboards

The Main Printed Circuit Board

Inside The PC That Contains and
Controls The Components That Are
Responsible For Processing Data.
 Motherboard Components PS/2 Mouse&
Ps/2 Keyboard
LPT 1 Printer
AGP Expansion Connector
Port
CMOS Slot USB Port
BIOS Battery
Chip

ATX
Power
Connector

PCI
Expansion
CPU
Slots
Socket
370

DIMM
Memory
Sockets

Primary and Floppy Drive

ChipSet
Secondary IDE Controller
Controllers
Mouse click on each component to review it’s definition
 AGP Expansion Slot

(Accelerated Graphics Port) A high-speed port developed by Intel

that is designed for the display adapter (video card) only. It
provides a direct connection between the card and memory, and
only one AGP slot is on the motherboard.
AGP uses a 32-bit bus and is generally brown in color.
CMOS Battery

 A battery that
maintains the time,
date, hard disk and
other configuration
settings in the CMOS
memory.
 BIOS Chip
 BIOS Basic Input /Output system- The BIOS, or Basic
Input/Output System, provides low-level access to the
computer's hardware. The BIOS resides on a chip on the
motherboard
PCI Expansion Slots
 Peripheral Component
Interconnect) A peripheral bus
commonly used in PCs,
Macintoshes and workstations
 PCI provides "plug and play"
capability, automatically
configuring the PCI cards at
startup
 PCI runs at 33MHz, supports
32- and 64-bit data paths and
bus mastering
 PCI expansion slots are also
identified by their white color.
 Primary and Secondary IDE
Controller

 (Integrated Drive Electronics) A type of hardware interface

widely used to connect hard disks, CD-ROMs and tape drives to a
PC.
 Today, two Enhanced IDE (EIDE) sockets are built onto the
motherboard, and each socket connects to two devices via a 40-
pin ribbon cable.
 Floppy Disk Drive
Controller
 A 34 pin adapter on the Motherboard that
attaches to the controller.
CPU Socket
 A device designed to
attach the Central
Processing Unit (CPU)
to the Motherboard’s
internal circuitry
ATX Power Connector
 A 20 pin connector
used to supply power
the motherboard
components.
PS/2 Mouse and Keyboard
Connector

 A 6-pin Mini-DIN plug

and socket used to
connect a keyboard
and mouse to a
computer.
Thank you

Made by:- Sumit Kumar