2007-06-13 16:14:10 · 9 answers · asked by osmin 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Desktops
The motherboard is the big printed circuit board in your computer that the other boards plug into -- hence the term "motherboard." It's as if they're, er, feeding off it.
2007-06-13 16:21:12 · answer #1 · answered by The Phlebob 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is the main circuit board on the computer, so called because it has daughter boards plugged into it which may be the standard accessory boards or smaller memory boards.
These days, some motherboards will operate just fine without any daughter boards because so much is built in, but when the IBM PC was new, there had to be cards for Video Display, Serial, Parallel, Modem, Games, and Drive (floppy and hard) controllers.
2007-06-13 16:20:34 · answer #2 · answered by Mike1942f 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the motherboard is the huge chip board inside yout computer, has sockets rather then pins (thats why it's a mother) and everythink inside the computer plugs into it. and it contains most of the main parts that run the computer:
north bridge
south bridge
Ram
CPU
2007-06-13 16:28:54 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Motherboard is a main PCB inside a chassis that have so many slot for processor (FSB), Graphic card/Sound card/Tuner card/ Capture Card (PCI-e/PCI/AGP), RAM, PSU (20 Pin Power Connector), HDD/CD/DVD/Discet Driver (IDE/ATAPI/SATA/ATA), Pheriperal Connector (Serial Port/Parralel Port/Mouse/Keyboard/Etc.).
Form factor ( size) :
-PC/XT : its first home computer motherboard.
-AT form factor (Advanced Technology)
-Baby AT
-ATX : most popular motherboard, still used until now
-ETX : used in embedded systems and single board computers.
-microATX : a smaller variant of the ATX form factor
-FlexATX
-LPX
-NLX
-BTX (Balanced Technology Extended)
-Mini-ITX : a small, highly-integrated form factor
-WTX : A large design for servers and high-end workstations featuring multiple CPUs and hard drives.
2007-06-14 02:22:02 · answer #4 · answered by Steph 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the motherboard is like your body. the processor plugged into it is the brain and the "brain and body" help all the other organs work correctly. the other organs being Hard drives and fans and such.
2007-06-17 13:24:42 · answer #5 · answered by B Scanz 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it is the 'backbone' of your computer, all of your peripherals - keyboard, hard drive, monitor, disk drives inter connect through your motherboard. it also contains your BIOS -(basic input/output system) Ram and expansion slots for additional equipment modems/ PCMCIA slots
2007-06-13 16:17:41 · answer #6 · answered by Hootie J 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i motherboard is a board that conatins your RAM, graphics video cards etc, y u need to know?
2007-06-13 16:17:56 · answer #7 · answered by d_nortontaylor 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
When you open your computer up. Its the big circuit board.
2007-06-13 16:18:28 · answer #8 · answered by sameperson247 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
isn't it like some weird spaceship?
2007-06-13 16:17:16 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋