Motherboard Component and Interface Locator

As shown above is a ASUS P7P55D from Asustek it is an LGA 1156 socket for intel
Core™ i7 / Core™i5 for the latest processor today. Motherboard is also called as
mainboard or Systemboard other also call it mobo, The motherboard is the central
printed circuit board of the whole computer system it is in here where you interconnect
peripheral devices and other hardware devices such as the Harddrive, Memory, Video
card and the main brain of the system, the microprocessor. It is also here where you
interconnect other devices such as the printer, keyboard and mouse. It is essential to
familiarize your motherboard specially when you want to build your own Computer or
want to troubleshoot your computer for problems.

Insert your processor on this socket, this type of

A - CPU Socket for processor.
motherboard support for LGA 1156 processor

B - CPU, Chassis, and Power Fan Conect here the power connector of your CPU heatsink Fan
Connector and other fan such as the Chassis fan.

Insert here your PC Memory, this board support DDR3

memory different motherboard support different memory type
C - Memory Socket
such as DDR, DDR2 or DDR3. Consult your motherboard for
the specific memory type it support.

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 The back panel of your motherboard, Connect your
D - Back Panel keyboard, mouse, usb device,1394 port, speaker and other
external devices.

Designed to replace the older PCI, PCI-X, and AGP bus

standards, plug here your PCIe devices such as your
E - PCI-express 1x slot
Ethernet card, TV tuner card, sound card and other PCIe
cards.

This slots are primarily intended for PCIe video cards, you
can connect two video card with the same brand and model
F - PCIe 2.0 x 16 slot
for SLI Mode. This configuration is often used for gaming
purposes or intensive video editing.

Connects to your usb bracket at the back or front of your PC

G - USB Connector
Desktop.

Connect your Serial ATA (SATA) hard drive or Optical SATA

H - Serial ATA Connector
drive such as your SATA DVD or BLU-RAY drive.

Connect to front panel such as the HDD LED indicator,

I - System Panel Connector
Power Switch, Reset Switch and Power On LED Indicator.

Connect to your Parallel ATA hard drive or Optical PATA

J - IDE Connector
drive such as your PATA DVD or BLU-RAY drive.

K - ATX Power Connector Connect to a 24 pin ATX power source on the power supply.

L - Serial Port Connector Connect to serial port bracket at the back of your PC casing.

LED lit when connected to power supply and connected to a

M - Standby Power LED
110/220V power source.

N - ATX Power Connector Connect to 12V EATX power source on the power supply.

Peripheral Component Interconnect or PCI for short. plug

O - PCI Slot here your PCI devices such as your Ethernet card, TV Tuner
Card, sound card, and other PCI Cards.

Connects to your 5.1 speaker, you can also use stereo

1 - Audio Input/Output port speaker by connecting your stereo speaker connector jack to
the green port of the Audio Input/Output port.

Connect your usb devices here such as your external hard

2 - USB Port drive or optical drive, mouse, flash drives and other usb
devices.

Connect to your network cable with the use of RJ45

3 - LAN Port using RJ45 connector
connector.

4 - IEEE 1394 port Connect to your firewire devices.

5 - Optical S/PDIF out port Connect to the Optical input of a speaker.

6 - Coxial S/PDIF out port Connect to the Coaxial input of a speaker.

7 - PS/2 Mouse Port Connect to a PS/2 mouse.

8 - PS/2 Keyboard Port Connect to a PS/2 keyboard