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The southbridge is a chip that connects thenorthbridge to other components inside the computer, including hard drives, network connections,USB and Firewire devices, the system clock, and standard PCI cards. The southbridge sends and receives data from the CPU through the northbridge chip, which is connected directly to the computer'sprocessor.
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∙ 11y ago
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∙ 10y agoThe purpose of the Southbridge chip is to help with communication between the CPU and other devices such as PCI, ISA and the IDE. Locating the Southbridge can be challenging when trying to replace chip.
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∙ 13y agoIs a chip that implements the "slower" capabilities of the motherboard in a northbridge/southbridge chipset computer architecture.
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∙ 11y agothe main function of southbridge chipset, it is the one that control the video control
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∙ 6y agoThe Southbridge chip is one of two chips that control the functions of the chipset.
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Beginning with the Intel i800 chip sets what are the two main chips of the chip set called?
North Bridge and South Bridge
Function of a south bridge?
The South Bridge controls the drives and the on board devices.
What are the two major grouping used for chip set?
A chipset consists of the North Bridge and the South Bridge.
What are three components that allow the processor to communicate with other devices?
the buss the north bridge chip the south bridge chip
The main chip around which a serial port or an internal modem is built?
It's called south bridge.
Function of north bridge and south bridge?
North Bridge: CPU, Memory, GPU South Bridge: I/O devices, keyboard, mice, NIC card
What does the southbridge contain?
The south bridge is one of the parts of the chip set that connects to the other components namely the Ethernet, USB, and the disc input and output. The north bridge is part of the chip set that connects the CPU to memory, graphics card
What is the function of the WR signal on the memory chip?
what is the function of the wr signal on memory chip
Security chip mad function error?
The security chip mad function error is found in Laptop computers. This error message appears when the TPM chip fails and needs to be repaired.
Why is south bridge called South bridge?
because it is typically drawn below (south of on maps) the north bridge when drawing schematics.
What integrates the function of a processor?
system on a chip
What is a bridge in the motherboard?
Their are two bridge found in motherboard the north bridge and the south bridge. North bridge found near the CPU and south bridge found near the BIOS.
