PARTS OF MOTHERBOARD

MOTHERBOARD

THE TWO BLACK

CONNECTORS are old ISA
slots, now becoming
obsolete, that can be useful
to connect some old boards,
i.e. a LAN board that we
keep in the "old but useful
devices" drawer.
THE FOUR WHITE
CONNECTORS are the PCI
slots (numbered from 1 to 4
from left to right). Most of
the present boards but the
graphics ones, have this
kind of connection. The PCI4
is normally only used if the
second ISA is not occupied
(although electrically both
can be used).

THIS IS THE AGP SLOT. it is

only used for graphics
boards (where the monitor
is plugged). Nowadays,
graphics boards are
manufactured almost
exclusively with this kind of
connection
THIS IS THE POWER SUPPLY
CONNECTOR.
THIS IS THE CPU SOCKET
that in this motherboard
has to be Intel socket 370
type (PPGA or FCPGA). AMD
processors need another
kind of motherboard; they
are not interchangeable (in
this motherboard one
cannot even plug Pentium
III slot-1)

the RAM sockets or

connectors: the part that is
guilty (when short) that
computers move as turtles.
The three in the photograph
at the left are DIMM (black
with little white levers at
the ends).
DIMM slots and four empty
slots (white) of SIMM
memory. When purchasing
memories to increase the
size (upgrade), one has to
report which kind of slot,
base speed of CPU clock
(for instance, 66, 100 ó 133
Megahertz), and, if possible,
show the motherboard's
handbook.

THIS IS THE BIOS THAT

KEEPS THE CODE
PROGRAM, WHICH STARTS
THE PC BEFORE THE
OPERATING SYSTEM LOADS.
THE BATTERY. That helps
keep the BIOS
configuration, clock, when
the computer is off. Under
the battery, in the long
black connector, we
connect the internal
loudspeaker, reset, LED's ...