No :)
A chipset is an electronic chip located on the board which manages the motherboard and processes some data.
A socket is a type of female plug on which you plug a removable electronic chip (CPU for example)
The thing that gets electricity into a computer is the plug socket, which travels through a kettle lead (a kettle lead connects transfers electricity from the plug socket to the computer) and then into the PSU (power supply unit), which powers the motherboard, which allows the computer to work.
The only thing that makes a good computer is the processor and motherboard. Most times you have different choices on which processor you can get. So you could get this model with a slow one or a fast one. If this is a ( P 6267c ) then yes, this is a good pc. Base setup Q8300 processor- quick Mobo- Asus- top brand there is.Not this board,but Asus is the top 1333-FSB- great G33 chipset- ok pci-e 16x- great 775-socket-great, but the chipset limits the socket. This is a good system, and you should be able to do a lot with it. Games too. Its not close to the top of what is out there now, but it is a fast system and worth the price.
All the devices in your computer go through your motherboard. Excluding things such as fans and lights, which apon occasion do.
No, they are not the same thing.
An advantage of a motherboard is that it provides us with a platform on which we can attach everything we need to make a computer. A disadvantage of a motherboard is a motherboard from a Windows 8 certified computer that has UEFI and Secure Boot enabled which in turn makes it hard (if not impossible to load another operating system like Red Hat or even Windows XP.
You either have a power supply problem, or if the ports are coming straight off of the motherboard, which they normally are then you obviously have a motherboard problem. Part of it could have shorted out and the only thing you can really do is replace it.
There is no such thing as a LAN card. LAN stands for Local Area Network. The card which communicates with a LAN is called an "Ethernet" card. This Ethernet card/controller may be a separate card but in modern computers is more likely to be a single chip built onto the motherboard. The presence of the chip/card will be indicated by an RJ45 connector/socket on the back of the computer.
Socket A or Socket 462 (same thing, different names).
SocketsThe difference is basically the fit. Think of processors as US and European plugs, US plugs will only fit into US plugs while European plugs will only fit into European plugs. The plug or socket in question is on the mother board itselff. A socket N motherboard for example will only take processors that have an N socket. User:24.103.58.18202:03, 10 May 2009 (UTC)User:24.103.58.18202:03, 10 May 2009 (UTC)User:24.103.58.18202:03, 10 May 2009 (UTC)User:24.103.58.18202:03, 10 May 2009 (UTC)User:24.103.58.18202:03, 10 May 2009 (UTC)User:24.103.58.18202:03, 10 May 2009 (UTC)User:24.103.58.18202:03, 10 May 2009 (UTC)User:24.103.58.18202:03, 10 May 2009 (UTC)User:24.103.58.18202:03, 10 May 2009 (UTC)User:24.103.58.18202:03, 10 May 2009 (UTC)User:24.103.58.18202:03, 10 May 2009 (UTC)User:24.103.58.18202:03, 10 May 2009 (UTC)User:24.103.58.18202:03, 10 May 2009 (UTC)Correction: a socket T is a LGA 775 package which means that it has a 775 pin CPU which fit into a 775 contact(not pin receiver) socket on the motherboard. A socket N is a mPGA478B package meaning a 478 pin CPU that will fit in a motherboard with a 478 pin hole receiver socket. ~Yagon~
A socket is something that another thing plugs into.
The only thing that affects the decision on RAM is a motherboard. Your motherboard can only support a certain type of RAM.
Yes...a laptop is a computer. Basically the same thing as a desktop computer, only smaller. It has a motherboard, processor, memory, BIOS...etc. The same parts as a "normal" computer, only smaller!! That's primarily why the cost more. The engineering behind it.