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Lesson 1

Motherboard, Processor and Memory form the main components of a computer system

Motherboard is the main circuit board of a computer. It contains connectors and ports for attaching additional boards and peripheral devices. It has multiple controller chips on the motherboard to control standard devices such as keyboard, disk drive, etc. All the controller chips together are called as chipset.

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PC Mainboard Identification

Every now and then, we see questions in the PC911 Forum regarding identification of the mainboard installed in a PC. Many users simply don’t know the make and model of the mainboard (motherboard or mobo) that their systems are built around. Does this really matter? No … not unless and until something goes wrong where you need that info to effect a repair. Or, until you decide to perform some DIY system upgrade and suddenly you need to know something specific about the board.
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