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This is a brief description of the common connectors that you will see on a motherboard.
 
This is a brief description of the common connectors that you will see on a motherboard.
  
== On-board connectors (where the I/O Shield goes) ==
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== On-board Cluster ==
 
     Keyboard connector
 
     Keyboard connector
 
           AT - large 5-pin
 
           AT - large 5-pin
 
           PS/2 - small
 
           PS/2 - small
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    Mouse connector
 +
    Printer plug
 +
    Sound ports
 +
    Ethernet (RJ45)
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    USBs
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    And others   
  
 
== ZIF socket or processor slot ==
 
== ZIF socket or processor slot ==
  
== Hard drive connector ==
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== Drive connectors ==
  
 
     IDE
 
     IDE
 
     SATA (Serial ATA)
 
     SATA (Serial ATA)
 
     SCSI
 
     SCSI
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    Optical drives such as CD and DVD
 +
    Floppy
  
== Bridges and communication facilitators
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== Bridges and communication facilitators ==
  
 
     Southbridge
 
     Southbridge

Revision as of 13:47, 20 February 2009

Motherboard Connections

This is a brief description of the common connectors that you will see on a motherboard.

On-board Cluster

    Keyboard connector
         AT - large 5-pin
         PS/2 - small
    Mouse connector
    Printer plug
    Sound ports
    Ethernet (RJ45)
    USBs
    And others     

ZIF socket or processor slot

Drive connectors

    IDE
    SATA (Serial ATA)
    SCSI
    Optical drives such as CD and DVD
    Floppy

Bridges and communication facilitators

    Southbridge
    Northbridge
    AMR slot


Questions

What type of keyboard connector does it have?

Does it have both IDE and SATA harddrive connectors?