Sunday, May 17, 2015

Motherboard - Compatia A Plus Certification

Motherboard

Motherboard is a printed circuit board containing the principal components of a computer or other device, with connectors into which other circuit boards can be slotted. Motherboard are different depending on the size of your device. (Cellphone, Laptop, Desktop, Servers). The motherboard have power connectors. there are more than 40 types of motherboards.

Types of Motherboard

ATX = Advanced Technology Extended. The standard ATX are for desktop. The Micro ATX are for Laptops.. ect The smaller the Motherboard the less expasion slots and they have backward compability.

Bus Architecture

It provides internal PC growth. You can expand it like the standard ATX. IT has additional Capabilities.

Clock Speed.

The clock speed of the bus is how much data is passing by every second. -MHz (Megahertz) 1 million cycles per second. The Speed of the CPU that us on the Motherboard. 1 GHz = 1000 MHz

CPU

CPU (pronounced as separate letters) is the abbreviation for central processing unit. Sometimes referred to simply as the central processor, but more commonly called processor, the CPU is the brains of the computer where most calculations take place.

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