Describing in detail the function and operation of
major PC components and systems. Includes extensive troubleshooting, replacing
and HOW TO GUIDE.
How to - Replacing - Troubleshooting - GUIDES
The motherboard
is the main circuit board inside the PC which holds the processor, memory and expansion
slots and connects directly or indirectly to every part of the PC. It's made
up of a chipset
(known as the "glue logic"), some code in ROM
and the various interconnections or buses.
PC designs today use many different buses to link their various components.
Wide, high-speed buses are difficult and expensive to produce: the signals
travel at such a rate that even distances of just a few centimeters cause timing
problems, while the metal tracks on the circuit board act as miniature radio
antennae, transmitting electromagnetic noise
that introduces interference with signals elsewhere in the system. For these
reasons, PC design engineers try to keep the fastest buses confined to the
smallest area of the motherboard and use slower, more robust buses, for other
parts.
This page is under construction and to be completed by
February 10, 2004
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