From the course: CompTIA IT Fundamentals (FC0-U61) Cert Prep 1: Computer Basics, Hardware, and Operating Systems
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Motherboards
- Input, processing, output, storage, the computing process components need connectivity to function. The motherboard provides that connectivity. Everything plugs directly or indirectly into the motherboard in computing devices. Motherboards come in all shapes and sizes. Let's look at a big, modern one to show connections and how things are organized. You find this style motherboard in modern desktop work station computers. This form factor is called ATX and has a smaller version called Micro ATX. Note the Greek symbol Mu that's often used in place of the word micro. Let's do a close up, please. We've already seen the inside of a motherboard, where the CPU plugs in and where the RAM goes into its little slots, but I want to look at now is the back plate. These are for input devices where the keyboard and mouse plug in for example. These four connectors here are for video. They go out to various monitor types.…
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