Animated Summer II

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The Motherboard Team
Alaina Monroy
Yahaary Herrera
Dora Pacheco
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The Motherboard

• The main circuit board of the microcomputer. The
  motherboard contains the connectors for attaching
  additional boards. Typically, the motherboard
  contains the CPU, BIOS, memory, mass storage
  interfaces, serial and parallel ports, expansion
  slots, and all the controllers required to
  control standard peripheral devices, such as the
  display screen, keyboard, and disk drive.
  Collectively, all these chips that reside on the
  motherboard are known as the motherboards
  chipset.

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How the motherboard works

• Today, motherboards typically boast a wide
  variety of built in features, and they directly
  affect a computers capabilities and potential
  for upgrades. In this article well look at the
  general components of a motherboard. Then, well
  closely examine five points that dramatically
  affect what a computer can do.

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Motherboard Manual

• No motherboard is complete without proper
  documentation. It should include the following at
  an absolute minimum
• General Information The model number of the
  board, the manufacturer, and contact information.
  You need this to get help, BIOS upgrades or
  information on you board.

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Motherboard pictures