What purpose does a mother board serve(what does it do)?

Answer 1

It's where everything plugs into - the CPU, the RAM, the expansion cards, the hard drives and CD Drives.

It determines what CPUs you can use, the amount of total RAM you can have, and newer boards tend to include sound cards, network cards, your USB ports, and the printer and serial ports. Some also include graphics and higher end ones can include things like firewire, SCSI, and other components.

Answer 2

The motherboard is the "host" for all other components and provides a platform for communication between itself and components as well as from component-to-component. Since the power supply connects directly to the motherboard, it also supplies power to some components that connect directly to it, such as PCI and PCI-Express cards, CPUs, etc. In a nutshell, its is a common meeting place for all components to meet at--including yourself because you interface via a keyboard/mouse/Human Interface Device and that is almost always connected to a motherboard via PS2/USB.

Answer 3

You're kidding right? The motherboard houses the cpu, the north and south bridges, and all the various circuits for connecting video and sound cards, controlling your hardware, etc etc. Do a search on motherboards and you'll get more info than you bargained for. Very broad question.

Answer 4

A mom board is the backside, or beginning up, of the pc. it generally homes the processor, memory, and mandatory circuitry to run the pc. It has inputs for the keyboard and mouse, and outputs for the computer screen. There are growth slots and inputs to function all the different candies that maximum computers have at present.

Answer 5

it has the address and data buses ... it's like the connection between all the components