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| What are the most common motherboard form factors? |
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| Which devices connect to the northbridge? |
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| Which systems connect to the southbridge? |
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| What type of devices are PCI, AGP, PCIe, AMR, CNR & PCMCIA? |
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| What are some common types of RAM? |
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SoDIMM
SDRAM
RDRAM
DDR/DDR2/DDR3 |
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| How do ATX power supplies connect to the motherboard? |
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| A P1-20 pin or 24-pin cable |
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| What type of device are PATA, SATA and SCSI? |
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| What are the jumper settings for a PATA drive? |
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Solitary
Master
Slave
Cable Select |
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| What type of power connection does a PATA use? |
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| What type of data connector does a PATA drive use? |
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| Which type of hard drive uses a 15-pin power connector? |
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| What type of data connector does a SATA drive use? |
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| What are the primary differences between a PATA and a SATA drive? |
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PATA - parallel ATA
- 4-pin Molex power connector
- 40-pin IDE ribbon cable for data
SATA - serial ATA
- 15-pin power connector
- 7-pin data connector |
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What type of connector is this and what is it used for?
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| 4-pin Molex, power connector for a PATA hard drive |
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What type of connector is this, and what is it used for?
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| 40-pin IDE ribbon cable, data connection for a PATA drive |
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What type of connector is this, and what is it used for?
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| 15-pin power connector, SATA drives |
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What is this connector and what is it used for?
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| 7-pin data connector, SATA drive |
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What is this connector and what is it used for?
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| P1 20-pin connector, ATX power supply connection |
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