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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.
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What type of keyboard connector does it have?
 
What type of keyboard connector does it have?
  
Does it have both IDE and SATA harddrive connectors?
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Does it have both IDE and SATA hard drive connectors?
  
  

Revision as of 13:51, 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 hard drive connectors?