Author Topic: Motherboard Basics  (Read 2787 times)

satish

  • Silenced
  • Private

  • Offline
  • *

  • 4
  • Karma:
    +0/-0
Motherboard Basics
« on: June 07, 2009, 01:28:25 PM »
A recent Tech Tip covered the basics of selecting a computer case and made mention of the various sizes that correspond to motherboards of different form factors. A few people wrote in expressing interest in understanding more about the basics of motherboards, and that?s exactly what this Tech Tip intends to address.

A motherboard, also known as a main board, is the primary circuit board inside of a computer, and is where the central processing unit (CPU), memory, expansion slots, drives, and other peripheral devices are connected. The circuitry on a motherboard facilitates the communication between all of the devices in the computer, making them as critical to a system?s performance as items such as the CPU or memory.

The core circuitry of a motherboard is referred to as its chipset, and generally the manufacturer of the motherboard is not the manufacturer of the chipset. Intel does produce motherboards with their own chipsets, but buying a motherboard brand such as Gigabyte, Biostar, and ASUS means getting a board with either a VIA, Nvidia, SIS, or Intel brand chipset.
_________________________
edit by dirt: 1 more and i will ban u
« Last Edit: June 07, 2009, 04:08:53 PM by DirtOne »

satish

  • Silenced
  • Private

  • Offline
  • *

  • 4
  • Karma:
    +0/-0
Annual Hmong Art Exhibition
« Reply #1 on: June 07, 2009, 01:29:17 PM »
Treat your artwork right, showcase them in a gallery rather than in your basement of closet. The Hmong art exhibition a well-known event to debut Hmong art. Artists like Nikki Yang, Sai Vang, Seexeng Lee, and Mai C. Vang have been picked up by other venues for more exhibitions

satish

  • Silenced
  • Private

  • Offline
  • *

  • 4
  • Karma:
    +0/-0
Recommended free web hosts
« Reply #2 on: June 07, 2009, 01:30:16 PM »
It would be awfully hard to recommend any free web space host and someone not like it, as different people need different web hosting features and have different priorities, and the webhosting quality may change over time. Also some people want free domain hosting (you own the domain), and others might not be able to buy a domain name. Here are some of the most recommended free web hosts, and their main features.

carrot

  • Captain

  • Offline
  • *

  • 297
  • Karma:
    +0/-0
  • Personal Text
    LOL NOOB!
Re: Motherboard Basics
« Reply #3 on: June 07, 2009, 02:35:57 PM »
Show us ur <3.
Book of Armaments, Chapter two verses 9 through 21.

.. and Saint Attila raise the hand grenade up on high saying,
"Lord bless this thy holy hand grenade, that with it thou may blow thine enemies to tiny bits... in thy mercy."
and the Lord did grin, and the people did feast upon the lambs and sloths and carps and anchovies and orangutangs and breakfast cereals and fruit bats ..
and the lord spake saying, "First shalt thou take out the holy pin. Then shalt thou count to three. No more, no less. Three shall be the number of the count, and the number thou shalt count shall be three. Four shalt thou not count, nor shalt thou count two, excepting that thou then proceed to three. Five is right out. Once the number three, being the third number reached, then lobbest thou thy hand grenade towards thy foe who, being naughty in my sight, shall snuff it."

Amen.