Motherboards

Common Components

P/S2 Connector Parallel Port (Mouse)

P/S2 Connector Serial Ports(Keyboard

External Connections

RJ45 Connector Games Port

USB Port Connectors for built in sound chip

External Connections

4 Pin IEEE 1394Connector (firewire)

Universal Serial Bus (USB) Connectors

Six pin IEEE 1394 Connector

External Connections

9 Pin serialport

CPU Sockets

Zero Insertion Force (ZIF)Socket

RAM Slots

RAM Slots

IDE Connectors

Integrated Device Electronics(IDE) Connectors

Missing Pin

Serial ATA (SATA) Connector

SATA connector

IDE and SATA Connectors

IDE Connector

SATAConnector

Floppy Dive Connector

Missing Pin Floppy Drive connector

Power Connectors

ATX Power Connector

Auxiliary Power Connector(found on some P4 Motherboards)

Power Connectors

ATX 12V PowerConnector

AT Power connectors

Expansion Ports

AGP Slot PCI Slot

Mini PCI Slot(AMR or CNR)

Mini PCIexpansioncard

PCI expansion card

Heatsink and fan

Basic Input OutputSystem (BIOS) chip

DIP switch

CMOSBattery

Analogue Monitor Connections

15 Pins in three rows

Digital Monitor connections

DVD-D

DVD-I