Tuesday, 14 December 2010

CS1 - Computer Systems - Motherboard

Motherboard
This is the main circuit board of a computer. The motherboard contains the connectors for attaching additional boards. The motherboard typically contains the CPU,BIOS, memory, mass storage interfaces, serial and parallel ports, expansion slots and all the controllers required to control devices like a CD-ROM drive etc. All the parts of the motherboard are known as the chipset. Additions to the motherboard includes extra memory chips which can be added to the motherboard directly, you can also upgrade to a faster PC by replacing the CPU chip entirely. Anything else and you probably will need to replace the whole motherboard.

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