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99All About Motherboards• About the differ-ent types andfeatures ofmotherboards• How firmwareon the mother-board controlswhat happenswhen you firstturn

CHAPTER 3108All About Motherboardsconnecting multiple video cards in the same system is called SLI. If you’re planning agaming computer with two video

109Motherboard Types and Features3Look on the bottom of the motherboard, and you see a maze of circuits that make up abus. These embedded wires carry

CHAPTER 3110All About Motherboards5-V notches3.3-V notchFigure 3-11 A 32-bit, 5-V PCI network card and a 32-bit, universal PCI wireless card show the

111Motherboard Types and Features3PCI-XThe next evolution of PCI is PCI-X, which has had three major revisions; the latest isPCI-X 3.0. All PCI-X revi

CHAPTER 3112All About Motherboardsboth these buses as well as the AGP bus, although it is expected PCI Express will coexistwith conventional PCI for s

113Motherboard Types and Features3There has been one minor revision of PCIe (PCIe Version 1.1), and one major revision(PCIe Version 2). PCIe version 1

CHAPTER 3114All About Motherboards8-pin connectorFigure 3-16 8-pin PCIe Version 2.0 power connectorCourtesy: Course Technology/Cengage LearningPCIe sl

115Motherboard Types and Features3Inserts inmotherboardslotRight-angle slotfor expansioncardFigure 3-17 PCI riser card provides a 3.3-V slot or 5-V sl

CHAPTER 3116All About MotherboardsAGP 3.3-V slotFront ofmotherboardRear of motherboard(bracket side of slots)AGP 1.5-V slotAGP Universal slotAGP Pro U

117Motherboard Types and Features3The last AGP standard, AGP 3.0, runs at 8x or 4x speeds. APG 3.0 cards can be installed inan AGP 1.5-V slot, but sig

MOTHERBOARD TYPES AND FEATURESA motherboard is the most complicated component in a computer. When you put together acomputer from parts, generally you

CHAPTER 3118All About MotherboardsEven more rare is an ACR (Advanced Communications Riser) slot. It looks like a PCIslot, but it sits a little closer

119Motherboard Types and Features3the size designed for the case’s form factor and the holes in the shield are positioned for themotherboard ports (se

CHAPTER 3120All About MotherboardsTwo USBheadersFireWireheaderHigh-definitionaudio headerS/PDIF headerSix SATAheadersFigure 3-26 Internal connectors o

121Motherboard Types and Features3SETUP DATA STORED BY JUMPERSOlder motherboards can also retain setup or installation information in different settin

CHAPTER 3122All About MotherboardsHowever, jumpers can be set to clear both passwords. Also, BIOS firmware might needupdating to solve a problem with t

123Motherboard Types and Features3Floppy disk Sets the floppy disk type; choices are usually 31⁄2-inch type and 51⁄4-inch. If you must choose a size i

CHAPTER 3124All About MotherboardsSerial port Sets beginning I/O address and IRQ; sometimes you can enable/disable the port. (IRQs are discussed later

125Motherboard Types and Features3Supervisor Enable/disable and set supervisor password to enter BIOS password setup and make changes.User password E

CHAPTER 3126All About Motherboardsupgrade, you will likely switch to new technology and a new motherboard. The third approachis to select a motherboar

127How Startup BIOS Controls the Boot Process3Sometimes a motherboard contains an on-board component more commonly offered as aseparate device. One ex

101Motherboard Types and Features3PROCESSOR SOCKETSAnother important feature of a motherboard is the processor socket. This socket and thechipset dete

CHAPTER 3128All About MotherboardsBOOTING A COMPUTERThe term booting comes from the phrase “lifting yourself up by your bootstraps” and refers tothe c

129How Startup BIOS Controls the Boot Process3The switch on the rear of the case simply turns off the power abruptly and is a “hard”power button. If y

CHAPTER 3130All About Motherboards3. The OS configures the system and completes its own loading. The OS checks someof the same settings and devices th

131How Startup BIOS Controls the Boot Process3STEP 1: POST AND ASSIGNMENT OF SYSTEM RESOURCESWhen you turn on the power to a PC, the processor begins

CHAPTER 3132All About Motherboardshard drives—ports, and other hardware devices are tested and configured. Thehardware devices that POST finds are check

133How Startup BIOS Controls the Boot Process3the drive has, where each partition begins and ends, and which partition is used forbooting (called the

CHAPTER 3134All About MotherboardsThe first OS program (BootMgr or Ntldr) begins the process of loading the OSinto memory. For Windows XP, Ntldr is re

135Maintaining, Installing, and Configuring a Motherboard3The motherboard CD might also contain useful utilities, including one that you can installin

CHAPTER 3136All About MotherboardsFigure 3-38 Download BIOS and driver updates from the motherboard Web siteCourtesy: Course Technology/Cengage Learni

137Maintaining, Installing, and Configuring a Motherboard3The methods of installing the BIOS updates are listed here:Express BIOS update. Some motherbo

CHAPTER 3102All About MotherboardsLGA1366 or Socket B Core i7 1366 pins that touch pads on theprocessorWorks with DDR3 memoryExpected to replace LGA77

CHAPTER 3138All About MotherboardsMakers of BIOS code are likely to change BIOS frequently, because providing the upgradeon the Internet is so easy fo

139Maintaining, Installing, and Configuring a Motherboard3REPLACE THE CMOS BATTERYThe CMOS battery on the motherboard is considered a field replaceable

CHAPTER 3140All About MotherboardsThe general process for replacing a motherboard is as follows:1. Verify that you have selected the right motherboard

141Maintaining, Installing, and Configuring a Motherboard36. Install the processor and processor cooler. The processor comes already installed onsome m

CHAPTER 3142All About MotherboardsHere are the general steps for installing the motherboard in the case:1. Install the I/O shield, which is a metal pl

143Maintaining, Installing, and Configuring a Motherboard3Figure 3-44 Install the I/O shield in the hole at the rear of the PC caseCourtesy: Course Tec

CHAPTER 3144All About Motherboardsauxiliary connector for the processor. Other power connectors might be neededdepending on the devices you later inst

145Maintaining, Installing, and Configuring a Motherboard3Figure 3-48 Use one screw in each screw hole on the motherboardCourtesy: Course Technology/Ce

CHAPTER 3146All About MotherboardsFigure 3-50 The auxiliary 4-pin power cord provides power to the processorCourtesy: Course Technology/Cengage Learni

147Maintaining, Installing, and Configuring a Motherboard3case and your motherboard might not have been madeby the same manufacturer, you need to pay c

103Motherboard Types and Features3remove and replace the processor if necessary. However, know that processors generally shouldnot be removed or repla

CHAPTER 3148All About MotherboardsHDD LED. Controls a light on the front panel that lights up when any IDE device isin use. (HDD stands for hard disk

149Maintaining, Installing, and Configuring a Motherboard3the case to connectors on the motherboard. Audio and USB connectors are shown as the two left

CHAPTER 3150All About MotherboardsCONFIGURING THE MOTHERBOARD USING BIOS SETUPThe motherboard configuration stored in BIOS setup does not normally need

151Maintaining, Installing, and Configuring a Motherboard3For the exact method you need to use to enter setup, see the documentation for yourmotherboar

CHAPTER 3152All About MotherboardsPASSWORD PROTECTION TO BIOS SETUP AND TO THE SYSTEMAccess to a computer can be controlled using a startup password,

153Maintaining, Installing, and Configuring a Motherboard3how to use these jumpers earlier in the chapter. By using these jumpers, you can disable a fo

CHAPTER 3154All About MotherboardsCHANGING BIOS SETUP FOR BRAND-NAME COMPUTERSMany brand-name computer manufacturers, such as IBM, Dell, and Gateway,

155Chapter Summary3and time, but you can easily recover from the problem. However, if you have customizedsome BIOS settings, you need to restore them.

CHAPTER 3156All About MotherboardsThe most popular motherboard form factors are ATX, MicroATX, FlexATX, BTX, andNLX, in that order.A motherboard will

157Reviewing the Basics3>>KEY TERMSAccelerated Graphics Port (AGP)active partitionaudio/modem riser (AMR)boot loaderboot recordbootingBootMgrCMO

CHAPTER 3104All About MotherboardsFigure 3-6 AMD Athlon 64 processor to be inserted into an AM2+ socketCourtesy: Course Technology/Cengage LearningAM3

CHAPTER 3158All About Motherboards19. What can you do if the power-on password and the supervisor password to a system havebeen forgotten?20. Where is

159Hands-On Projects32. Remove the cover of the case, which you learned to do in Chapter 2. List the differentexpansion cards in the expansion slots.

CHAPTER 3160All About MotherboardsPROJECT 3-3: Inserting and Removing MotherboardsUsing old or defective expansion cards and motherboards, practice in

161Real Problems, Real Solutions3PROJECT 3-7: Labeling the MotherboardFigure 3-66 shows a blank diagram of an ATX motherboard. Using what you learned

CHAPTER 3162All About Motherboards5. What drivers are stored on the CD?6. Which of these drivers did you install on your system?7. Which updates to dr

105Motherboard Types and Features3THE CHIPSETRecall from Chapter 1 that a chipset is a set of chips on the motherboard that collectivelycontrols the m

CHAPTER 3106All About Motherboardscool. With previous Intel chipsets, the memory controller was part of the North Bridge, butthe Core i7 processor con

107Motherboard Types and Features3The X58 chipset works well for a gaming machine because it is designed to supportmultiple video cards. The motherboa