| Term | Definition |
|---|
| form factor, chipset, and components | 3 variable characteristics define modern motherboards |
| form factor | _____determines physical size & location of components & ports |
| chipset | ______defines the type of processor, RAM & built in devices that are supported |
| built-in components | _______determine the core functionality of the system |
| case, motherboard, power supply, air moves around in the case | the form factor applies to the_____, _______, ______& defines how |
| P8/P9 | the AT form factor had a unique split power socket called |
| the keyboard plug | the only dedicated connector on an AT was |
| 12" wide, 13" deep | the AT was____" wide & ____" deep |
| LPX (low profile extended) | one variation of the AT was the slimline form factor or |
| NLX (didnt stand for anything) | LPX form factor was replaced by____slimline form factor |
| a special riser card | LPX & NLX provided a central riser slot to enable the insertion of |
| soft power | ATX motherboards use software called_____to turn the PC on & off |
| mini-din (PS/2) ports | ATX replaced the keyboard port in AT with |
| mobo | tech slang for motherboard is |
| microATX, ATX boards are not always the same size | ______motherboard is usually 9.6" x 9.6" 30% smaller than standard ATX |
| standard ATX | a micro ATX motherboard will also fit into a_______case |
| Flex ATX | ______motherboards have a maximum dimension of 9" x 7.5" |
| ATX, any smaller sized form factor motherboard | every form factor needs its own case except the larger____cases can handle |
| balanced technology extended, BTX, microBTX, picoBTX | BTX defines three sub types_____,_____,_____ |
| cooling | BTX is designed to improve |
| thermal unit | BTX has a heatsink fan assembly called the______that blows hot CPU air out the back |
| gimmicks theres no such thing | BTX power supplies are |
| the boards only work in there cases & replacment parts are more expensive & hard to find | proprietary form factors such as from dell or sony means |
| northbridge, southbridge | the____chip gets a fan the_____chip doesnt |
| Super I/O chip | _______chip handles the support for legacy devices for modern chipsets |
| VIA Technologies, NVIDIA Corporation, intel, AMD | the popular chipset makers are |
| memory controller hub (MCH), I/O controller hub (ICH) | Intel based chipset makers say_____for northbridge and_____for southbridge |
| redundant array of independent devices | RAID |
| the process of using 2 drives to hold the same data in case ones drive fails | RAID on motherboards usually supports mirroring which is |
| making 2 drives act as 1 drive which is good for speed | RAID on motherboards usually supports striping which is |
| AMR audio modem riser, CNR communication & networking riser | _____& later_____ slot would get one FCC rating & be used on any motherboard |
| slimline, desktop, mini-tower, mid-tower, tower, cube | cases come in these six basic sizes |
| slimline, desktop | _______&______cases sit on the desk beneath the monitor |
| mini-tower, mid-tower | _______&_______are the most popular cases |
| cube | _______cases require a specific motherboard |
| standouts that slide into keyed slots or screw into the case | the motherboard mounts to the case via small connectors called |
| burn-in-failure for manufacturing defects | catastrophic failure is when the PC wont boot in new boards its called |
| component failure | _______appears as flaky connections between device & board or intermittent problems |
| ethereal, bad component, driver, buggy software, corruption of OS, PSU | _______symptoms like the PC reboots itself, or NMI can be caused by |
| check, replace, verify good component & (document) | three part system to troubleshoot motherboard problems is |
| component, hard drive controller cards | you can often replace a bad_______with an add-on card such as |
| try to update the BIOS | if you have a bad component other than replacing it you can |
| flash the BIOS | if you have an ethereal problem with the motherboard before replacing the board you can |
| shuttle form factor | XPCs use all proprietary components and use a________form factor |
| proprietary, AMD & Intel | mini-ITX is a completly ______computer system & not as powerfull as |
| 17 centimeters x 17 centimeters | mini-ITX has a maximum size of _____x_____ |
| traces | wires called_____make up the different buses on a system |
| RAM closer to the northbridge & CPU | ATX made better performance by moving |
| for a dongle to be used in the front for additional ports | if a board supports more ports than it physically has, then it has connections |
| abit, asus, biostar, dfi, gigabyte, intel, msi, shuttle | popular motherboard manufacturers include |
| 12" x 9.6" | a full size ATX board is____"wide x _____"deep |
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