Motherboards

If removed with power off your PC won't boot, beeping a code for missing/corrputed RAM. Depending on the BIOS you may or may not get a message saying so.

If removed with power on the RAM there are a few things that can happen

- the motherboard and ram may get damaged

- the BIOS may cut power in attempt to prevent component damage

- magic smoke may begin to come out from the chipset (extremely unlikely in modern designs)

- if power isn't cut by BIOS, OS will freeze or bluescreen.

External to the main board of circuitry is the power supply ... in computers additional sub-modules complete the overall system ie. a computer (this sometimes includes a visual display unit , VDU (ie. LCD display) ) and may incorporate a display.

Permanent memory is non-erasable memory, so the right answer to this question is: ROM (Read Only Memory).

RAM is an acronym for "Random Access Memory", meaning that the computer can write to the memory and later read from it. Computers read information from disk or outside sources such as the internet or peripheral devices, and writes data to the RAM. Typically the RAM is fast memory that allows the computer to read and write the data quickly, allowing applications (programs) to run at high speed. The "Random" nature of the memory means that the computer can write then read or write at any time, randomly as is necessary by the computer operating system or other applications.

There are many differences between AT and ATX motherboards. The most noticable, without disassembly, are probably the keyboard connector (AT is much larger) and the power switch. The power switch for an AT motherboard clicks on and clicks off. The power for an ATX motherboard is a momentary push button that is always open unless pressed. Internally the best indicator is the power supply connector to the motherboard. An AT motherboard uses a two piece single row connector. An ATX motherboard connector is one piece with two rows of ten connections.

The main circuit board of the computer is the motherboard.

NO!

Gee, wish it was that simple. No, there are way too many things to list here as to why one is different from another, the year, month, day, hour,- type, hardware and software to go with it, the list goes on, and on.

In general, if you buy both a case and a motherboard today, they will be compatible. You mostly run into problems when trying to put a new mb in an old case. The old cases had "AT" power supplies(2 connectors), and new cases and mb's use ATX power supplies(a single 20-pin connector). In some cases, you can run into problems with cases and mb's that are both ATX, if the power supply output is too low (< 300 watts). You can get a new case on eBay (with a decent power supply) for 30 bucks or so.

Startup Bios

The PCI bus is an unterminated bus using either 3.3V or 5V signaling voltages.

Cards using PCI are keyed by slots in their edge connector to prevent plugging the card into a connector on a bus that expects signaling voltages that they are not compatible with.

Yes you could have two motherboards on one computer. A Playstation will take two mother boards with a $13 24-PIN ATX Y splitter.

L2 cache

The best way to find suitable processors for motherboards is to check the specs on your motherboard. Note that each mothermoard has an appropriate CPU socket. For example, the computer site http://www.allpcdeals.com/servlet/the-Motherboard-%26-CPUs/Categories lists their motherboards by socket, so you can look up the motherboard you have, and note it's socket, and then purchase the processor that fits. The most popular is the CPU socket 478 and LGA 775 (the ladder now becoming the more popular).

Any expansion slot will only go as fast as it is designed to do. The faster the board is designed to go the more potential for more speed

LGA771 or socket J

lazer engraved by josling

The main power connector 20-24pin. One for the CPU 4-8 pin. PCI express 4 pin.

It's depend on what type of motherboard do you have. But commonly, new motherboards uses 2 power cord P8 and P9.

Only graphics cards are inserted into a PCIe x16 expansion slot.

items of a motherboard

NLX is the most recent form factor for mother boards, initially released in 1997, it was developed by Intel and IBM jointly. Developed as a low cost mass produced board mainly for use in small desktop and mini towers. It currently dominates market share and is the most widely used mother board. That being said, Dell decided not to adopt this board and instead created their own proprietary motherboards for use in their slimline systems.

The X58 is a high performance chip-set that supports the Core i7 processors, the P45 is more a mainstream desktop chip-set.

grind up the circuit board and melt the board. it will stink so go outside

The manual of the motherboard is provided with the motherboard itself while purchasing it.

It really shouldn't matter, of course depending on your price range you may want to go with a cheaper card.

-One thing to remember is to check the specifications on the card before you buy, most graphics cards today use PCI-E 2.0 or greater, so make sure your computer has a PCI-E bus.