A Motherboard Tour
A motherboard is so complex and has so many components and connections that it can be overwhelming to someone who is not used to working inside PCs. As is true of many things, though, the easiest way to understand the working of the whole is to understand the working of the individual parts. So let's take the $2 tour of a modern motherboard, where you'll learn the functions of each important component and how to identify those components visually.
To begin, let's examine a block diagram of a chipset. Figure 4-4 shows the major components and functions of the Intel 925XE chipset. (Other modern chipsets are similar.) The 925XE chipset uses two physical chips. The north bridge chip, which Intel calls the MCH (Memory Controller ...
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