How does a printer connect to a motherboard?

Answer 1

The motherboard is the main printed circuit board in a computer also known as the system board. It is connected to the hard drives optical drives, sound card, memory, and sound card directly or with cables. Motherboards connect all the parts of the computer together, including the CPU.

Answer 2

There are or have been five primary ways of connecting a processor to a motherboard:

* ZIF (Zero Insertion Force) socket - This is the most common method used today. The ZIF socket is a plastic square on the motherboard. The processor is et on top of or in it, and a latch is closed to hold it in place. In LGA775 and newer sockets, a lid is closed over top of it first. * Slot - This was used by the Pentium II, early Pentium IIIs, and the first AMD Athlons. The processor is held in a large cartridge, and plugs into a slot on the motherboard similar to a PCI slot. * PLCC (Plastic Lead chip carrier) - These were used in 386 and some early 486 motherboards. The chip is set inside a plastic squarewith contacts on the sides rather than the bottom. Although they can be removed and replaced,it is difficult to do so without damaging them. * DIP packages - This is what most people think of when they hear "computer chip." These are the ones that have little legs that are pushed straight down into a plastic socket. These were used in 8088 and 80286 boards. They can be removed with a little care. * Solder - To save on money, some processors can be connected directly to the motherboardwith solder. This makes upgrading difficult unless there is another socket on the motherboard. This was usually found only in low-end computers in the early 90s.

Answer 3

the ram connected to the motherboard by a small circuit bord . There are two types of circuit boards called as single inline memory module,duel inline memory module,those are

holding the ram chips together and they will be connected to the memory slots in the mother board.

Answer 4

Block diagram of a modern motherboard, which supports many on-board peripheral functions as well as several expansion slots.

Computer Mother board and its constituent components

A typical PC mother board with important components is given below:

1. Mouse & keyboard

2. USB

3. Parallel port

4. CPU Chip

5. RAM slots

6. Floppy controller

7. IDE controller

8. PCI slot

9. ISA slot

10. CMOS Battery

11. AGP slot

12. CPU slot

13. Power supply plug in

1. Mouse & keyboard: Keyboard Connectors are two types basically. All PCs have a Key board port connected directly to the motherboard. The oldest, but still quite common type, is a special DIN, and most PCs until recently retained this style connector. The AT-style keyboard connector is quickly disappearing, being replaced by the smaller mini DIN PS/2-style keyboard connector.

You can use an AT-style keyboard with a PS/2-style socket (or the other way around) by using a converter. Although the AT connector is unique in PCs, the PS/2-style mini-DIN is also used in more modern PCs for the mouse. Fortunately , most PCs that use the mini-DIN for both the keyboard and mouse clearly mark each mini-DIN socket as to its correct use. Some keyboards have a USB connection, but these are fairly rare compared to the PS/2 connection keyboards.

2. USB (Universal serial bus):

USB is the General-purpose connection for PC. You can find USB versions of many different devices, such as mice, keyboards, scanners, cameras, and even printers. a USB connector's distinctive rectangular shape makes it easily recognizable.

USB has a number of features that makes it particularly popular on PCs. First, USB devices are hot swappable. You can insert or remove them without restarting your system.

3. Parallel port: Most printers use a special connector called a parallel port. Parallel port carry data on more than one wire, as opposed to the serial port, which uses only one wire. Parallel ports use a 25-pin female DB connector. Parallel ports are directly supported by the motherboard through a direct connection or through a dangle.

4. CPU Chip : The central processing unit, also called the microprocessor performs all the calculations that take place inside a PC. CPUs come in Variety of shapes and sizes.

Modern CPUs generate a lot of heat and thus require a cooling fan or heat sink. The cooling device (such as a cooling fan) is removable, although some CPU manufactures sell the CPU with a fan permanently attached.

5. RAM slots: Random-Access Memory (RAM) stores programs and data currently being used by the CPU. RAM is measured in units called bytes. RAM has been packaged in many different ways. The most current package is called a 168-pin DIMM (Dual Inline Memory module).

6. Floppy controller: The floppy drive connects to the computer via a 34-pinribbon cable, which in turn connects to the motherboard. A floppy controller is one that is used to control the floppy drive.

7. IDE controller: Industry standards define two common types of hard drives: EIDE and SCSI. Majority of the PCs use EIDE drives. SCSI drives show up in high end PCs such as network servers or graphical workstations. The EIDE drive connects to the hard drive via a 2-inch-wide, 40-pin ribbon cable, which in turn connects to the motherboard. IDE controller is responsible for controlling the hard drive.

8. PCI slot: Intel introduced the Peripheral component interconnect bus protocol. The PCI bus is used to connect I/O devices (such as NIC or RAID controllers) to the main logic of the computer. PCI bus has replaced the ISA bus.

9. ISA slot: (Industry Standard Architecture) It is the standard architecture of the Expansion bus. Motherboard may contain some slots to connect ISA compatible cards.

10. CMOS Battery: To provide CMOS with the power when the computer is turned off all motherboards comes with a battery. These batteries mount on the motherboard in one of three ways: the obsolete external battery, the most common onboard battery, and built-in battery.

11. AGP slot: If you have a modern motherboard, you will almost certainly notice a single connector that looks like a PCI slot, but is slightly shorter and usually brown. You also probably have a video card inserted into this slot. This is an Advanced Graphics Port (AGP) slot

12. CPU slot: To install the CPU, just slide it straight down into the slot. Special notches in the slot make it impossible to install them incorrectly. So remember if it does not go easily, it is probably not correct. Be sure to plug in the CPU fan's power.

13. Power supply plug in: The Power supply, as its name implies, provides the necessary electrical power to make the PC operate. the power supply takes standard 110-V AC power and converts into 12-Volt, 5-Volt, and 3.3-Volt DC power.

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Motherboard ComponentsIf you open your computer's case, the motherboard is the flat, rectangular piece of circuit board to which everything seems to connect to for one reason or another. It contains the following key components:

• A microprocessor "socket" which defines what kind of central processing unit the motherboard uses;
• A chipset which forms the computer's logic system. It is usually composed of two parts called bridges (a "north" bridge and its opposite, "south" bridge), which connects the CPU to the rest of the system;
• A Basic Input/Output System ( BIOS) chip which controls the most basic function of a computer, and how to repair it; and
• A real-time clock which is a battery-operated chip which maintains the system's time, and other basic functions.

The motherboard also has slots or ports for the attachment of various peripherals or support system/hardware. There is an Accelerated Graphics Port, which is used exclusively for video cards; Integrated Drive Electronics, which provides the interfaces for the hard disk drives; Memory or RAM cards; and Peripheral Component Interconnect (PCI), which provides electronic connections for video capture cards and network cards, among others.

Answer 5

The CPU has an array of pins that extend downward. When placed into it's socket the pins align with receiving plugs. This then makes the connection between the CPU and the Motherboard.

Answer 6

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Answer 7

through operating system.....