Motherboard Components
A modern motherboard has several components built in, including various sockets, slots, connectors, chips, and so on. This section examines the components found on a typical motherboard.
Most modern motherboards have at least the following major components on them:
Processor socket/slot Chipset (North/South Bridge or memory and I/O controller hubs) Super I/O chip ROM BIOS (Flash ROM/firmware hub) SIMM/DIMM/RIMM (RAM memory) sockets ISA/PCI/AGP bus slots CPU voltage regulator Battery
Some motherboards also include integrated video, audio, networking, SCSI, Audio Modem Riser (AMR), Communications and Networking Riser (CNR) connectors, or other optional interfaces, depending on the individual board.
These standard components are discussed in the following sections.
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