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| Multiple lanes made of copper circuit paths |
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| Stores chargers/filters signals |
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| Solid State Integrated Circuits |
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| (Jumper = Semi-permanent connection) Stop or allow the flow of electricity, customize motherboard functions, install new devices, reset BIOS password |
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| Way of customizing functions by using the setup screen in the BIOS |
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| Modular system design (Windows) |
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| Onboard ports, logical layout (single keyed power connector) |
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| Signal pathways, pass info between components, modular way of expanding functions of computers |
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| Controlled by Quartz crystal, timing pulse used to coordinate bus speeds |
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| System bus (hypertransport), I/O Bus |
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| Hugh Speed Bus connecting CPU and RAM through a controller |
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| Used with 64 bit CPU's, integrates memory controller chip into the CPU |
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| Connect slower peripheral devices, run at lower clock rate than system BUS |
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| (Interrupt Request) Used to get the attention of CPU ; lower IRQ numbers have higher priority. Modern motherboard buses can share an IRQ between several devices |
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| (Direct Memory Access) - Data transfer from a component to RAM and back without "bothering" the CPU |
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| (Plug and Play) - Automatic configuration of system resources such as IRQ's and DMA |
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| (Peripheral Component Interconnect) - Multiplexing, Asynchronus transfer, Bus Mastering, Plug and Play (PCI-X = Largest of PCI slots) |
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| (Accelerated Graphics Port) - Older connection, used only for video cards, point-to-point, No shared resources, pipelining and DMA, sideband addressing |
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| New point2point serial technology, uses networking technology inside the computer, switch controller, replaces AGP and PCI (250MB 1x,2x,4x,8x,16x,32x varieties) |
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| (Intergrated Drive Electronics) - Parallel 16 bit connection, attaches hard drives, CD, and DVD drives |
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| Current fastest, 100MBs & 133MBs |
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| New serial interface technology, replaces IDE |
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| External serial & parallel connectors (SLOW) |
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| (Universal Serial Bus) Hot swappable, plugNplay, controlled by PC (NOT peer to peer),(Hi-speed = 2.0) [image] |
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| (Firewire/Ilink) Hot swappable, plugNplay, high speed, NOT managed by PC (peer to peer) IE 100,200,400,800Mbs[image] |
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| The Chipset determines what? |
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| Bus speed, type and amount of RAM, CPU type and speed, Drive interfaces and speeds, I/O Bus support and speeds |
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| Chipset Manufacturers (name some) |
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| Via, Intel, Ali, SIS, Nvidia, ATI |
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| Connects to CPU, RAM, and AGP. Also connects to I/O buses |
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| Connects devices which need less bandwith |
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