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1
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What is the Motherboard?pgs. 5

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The spine of the computer which is the PCB/printed circuit board.

2
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Define System boards: ATX, Micro ATX, ITXpgs. 6-7

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Form factor designs are ATX- Advanced Technology Extended motherboard created by Intel and places the CPU and Memory slots @ right angles to the Expansion slots; Micro ATX follows the ATX principles with less power and quantity; ITX was developed by VIA as a low-power, small form factor (SFF) consisting of Mini, Nano, Pico, Mobile for embedded application in home systems, set-top boxes and cell-phones.

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Bus Architecturepgs. 8-9

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A ‘bus’ contains signal pathways in which related devices communicate via serial circuits like SATA (Serial ATA), USB (Universal Serial Bus), IEEE 1394/Fire Wire, and PCIe (Peripheral Component Interconnect Express)

4
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Chipsetspg. 9

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Chips or circuits that perform interface and peripheral functions for the processor.The go-between CPU and and installed peripherals like Memory, expansion cards and peripherals.

5
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Northbridge pgs. 9-10

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Northbridge is the set of circuitry or chips that manages high-speed peripheral communications

6
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Southbridgepg. 9

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Southbridge is the set of circuitry or chips that support the slower expansion buses and peripherals which do not tie in with the CPU clock nor pose as a bottleneck to the system.

7
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Expansion Slotspgs. 10-17

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The most visible part of the motherboard and are used to install various devices to expand on a computers capabilities, ie. video, network, sound, disk interface.

8
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Which ‘bridge’ on the motherboard would contain AGP & PCIe slots?pg. 9

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The Northbridge is responsible for communications with integrated video utilizing AGP (Accelerated Graphics Program) and PCIe (Peripheral Component Interconnect Express).

9
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Other names for motherboard? pg.5

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PCP/printed circuit board, system board and mainboard

10
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Name a serial circuit.pgs. 8-9

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SATA (Serial ATA), USB (Universal Serial Bus), IEEE 1394/Fire Wire, and PCIe (Peripheral Component Interconnect Express) are all serial circuit examples.

11
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Identify a small form factor (SFF).pgs. 5-7

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ITX was developed by VIA as a low-power, small form factor (SFF) consisting of Mini, Nano, Pico, Mobile for embedded application in home systems, television set-top boxes, cell-phones.

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What is a CPU?pg. 5

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The central processing unit on the motherboard.

13
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What are the two main categories of bus architecture?pg. 8

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Serial and parallel connectivity.

14
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What PCB area manages the processor-to-memory communications?pg, 9

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Northbridge

15
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What is the go-between CPU and installed peripherals like Memory and expansion cards?pg. 9

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Chipsets

16
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Parallel computer-system components work on the basis of a (blank) ?pg. 9

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A ‘bus’ which is a common collection of signal pathways that allow related devices to communicate

17
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What is a set of signal pathways connecting the CPU and main memory?pg. 10

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FSB/ Frontside bus

18
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The clock signal that drives the FSB is used to drive communications to other devices on the motherboard which are?pg.10

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AGP/ Accelerated Graphics Port and PCIe/ Peripheral Component Interconnect Express

19
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What subset of a motherboard’s chipset main function is to manage high-speed peripheral communications?

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Northbridge

20
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What does the Southbridge do?pg. 10

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The Southbridge subset of the chipset provides support for onboard slower peripherals which do not restrict system performance.

21
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How does the BSB/ Backside bus function?pg. 10

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If present, the BSB is a set of signal pathways between the CPU and Level 2 or 3 (external) cache memory.

22
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What are Expansion Slots?pg. 10

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The most visible parts of any motherboard which are used to install various devices to expand the capabilities in a computer.

23
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What are the main types of expansion slots?pg. 10

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PCI and AGP

24
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How many versions of PCI slots and adapters are manufactured?pg. 12

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5V and 3.3V

25
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What distinction can be made between the PCI versions?pg. 12

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The notch in the card edge of the 5V is oriented toward the front of the motherboard, and the 3.3V notch is located towards the rear.