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What do some older motherboards provide and often used for external modem?
Using the com port
What is the name of the monitor slot in the motherboard?
Older motherboards often have a VGA port which allow monitors with a VGA cable to connect without the need of a graphics card.
Five on boardports in a computer?
Motherboards anymore usually have: a mouse port (P/S2) a keyboard port (P/S2) a few USB ports a video port (15-pin VGA usually) and some kind of sound (with out, in, and microphone in)
Does the motherboard determine what hard drive to install?
To some extent yes, the motherboard does indeed determine what kind of hard drive to install. Most modern motherboards will have SATA ports for the hard drives. The SATA ports are small in size and are usually labeled as SATA1-SATA4 or however many the motherboard has. You can read it right on the board. Older motherboards, however, used to use PATA or IDE hard drives (PATA & IDE are the same thing but with two different names). An IDE port on a motherboard is about 3-4 times the size of a SATA port. The really old boards may not have the IDE port labeled, but most other motherboards will have the letters IDE (or PATA) written next to the IDE port. If you're referring to a motherboard from the last 5-7 years, the chances are that it has SATA ports. The best thing to do is to look at the motherboard.
What is LPT1?
LPT1 is a port found on older computers and some newer ones that you can connect a printer to. This port is a female connector with 25 pinholes.
What would be connected to a serial port?
A serial mouse, some older dot matrix printers...
Can a PS3 2 USB port play a PS2 game if you combine the motherboards?
No. I have tried that and it messed up my PS3. DON'T TRY TO DO IT!
What serial port is provided by the motherboard or might be provided by an adapter card?
Common ports provided by most motherboards are as follows. Serial port (RS-232) Ethernet Port (Network interface) Parallel port. (Not nearly as common any longer) PS/2 Port (Mice and Keyboards) USB Ports (Covers most everything these days) Firewire port (IEEE1394, mostly used for video these days) eSATA Port (External Hard drive or device interface). There are others, but those are your most common ports on standard desktop motherboards. Servers are another story.
Do older USB devices run faster when connected to a new USB port?
No, older USB devices do not run faster when connected to a new USB port. The speed of the device is determined by the device itself, not the port it is connected to.
Can you use a USB ver2 device in USB ver 3 port?
Yes you can. USB 3.0 are backwards compatible, well at least most motherboards support it :D
What is AGP Type?
Older type of graphics cards' port
How many sata ports can a mother board support?
That depends on chipset. For instance Intel X58 can support up 4 ports natively + 2 for marvell controller. Server motherboards have more SATA ports available. Newer generation motherboards can support 6 and more SATA port natively.
