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Wilson, Tracy V., and Ryan Johnson. "How Motherboards Work." 20 July 2005. HowStuffWorks.com.
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1. Introduction to How Motherboards Work
2. Form Factor
3. Sockets and CPUs
4. Chipsets
5. Bus Speed
6. Memory and Other Features
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If you've ever taken the case off of a computer, you've seen the one piece of equipment that ties everything together -- the motherboard. A motherboard allows all the parts of your computer to receive power and communicate with one another.
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Motherboards have come a long way in the last twenty years. The first motherboards held very few actual components. The first IBM PC motherboard had only a processor and card slots. Users plugged components like floppy drive controllers and memory into the slots. Today, motherboards typically boast a wide variety of built-in features, and they directly affect a computer's capabilities and potential for upgrades.
In this article, we'll look at the general components of a motherboard. Then, we'll closely examine five points that dramatically affect what a computer can do.
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