Motherboard and its components are explained and each slide has the notes to refer.(below each slide in notes section) RAM Memory, AGP, PCI slots and Heat sink for processor
Structural Analysis and Design of Foundations: A Comprehensive Handbook for S...
Computer literacy
1. A look at the brains of the computer, the
motherboard, and its associated components.
Computer Literacy
2. 2
Overview
1. Inside a PC
2. The Motherboard
3. RAM
4. ROM
5. CMOS Memory
6. The CPU
7. Expansion Slots
8. Booting the Computer
types of memory
the 'brains'
the processor
4. 4
Motherboards
House the CPU
Allow devices to communicate with it and each other
Most popular: ATX
ATX
More power-management features
Support faster systems
Easier to install
Selection of motherboard determines capabilities and
limitations of the system
5. Form Factor
Motherboard form factor
Determines the size of the board
Drives selection of power supply, case, CPU, cards
ATX: most popular motherboard form factor
BTX: the latest motherboard form factor
Three types of motherboards you can select:
A board providing the most room for expansion
A board suiting the computer’s current configuration
A board falling in between current and future needs
9. Expansion Slot ( PCI type )
Expansion slot or Expansion bus is the slot that enable the user
to add the adapter card for additional function to the system.
Peripheral Component Inter-Connect slots allow direct
interaction between secondary H/W and CPU
Ex.
-Sound card or Multimedia
- LAN card.
- Internal Modem card.
-TV tuner card.
-Additional hard disc controller card.
10. AGP Port
AGP ( Accelerated Graphic Port ) port is a high speed data
transfer port, this port is used by the display adapter card that
demands so much data with in short period of time.
12. Hard Drive Connection
There are two types of hard drive
connections that a computer could have:
Parallel ATA (PATA), also known as IDE,
and Serial ATA (SATA).
Serial ATA (SATA, abbreviated from Serial
AT Attachment) is a computer bus interface
that connects host bus adapters to mass
storage devices such as hard disk drives,
optical drives, and solid-state drives
Parallel ATA (PATA), originally AT
Attachment, is an interface standard for the
connection of storage devices such as hard
disk drives, floppy disk drives, and optical
disc drives in computers.
13. Memory Socket( DIMM socket)
There are 3 types of memory that currently popular used in the PC,
1. SD RAM
2. DDR RAM
3. Rambus-DRAM
or RDRAM
14. Continue….
RDRAM Memory
-Used in Pentium 4 motherboard
-highest performance and is most
expensive.
DDR ram
-128 MB, 256 MB, 512 MB.
-medium high performance and
medium price.
SDRAM
-lowest performance and lowest
price.
16. Read-Only Memory can
be read but not changed.
It is non-volatile storage: it remembers its contents
even when the power is turned off.
Some kinds of ROM are PROM, EPROM, EEPROM,
and CD-ROM.
ROM
17. CMOS is a battery powered semiconductor chip which
stores information.
A computer needs a semi-permanent
way of keeping some start-up data
e.g. the current time, the no. of hard disks and type of
hard disks and boot sequence.
the data may need to be updated/changed
CMOS memory requires (very little) power to
retain its contents.
supplied by a battery on the motherboard
Retains data even when computer is turned off
CMOS Memory
the battery
18. BIOS
It’s the first program that runs every time we turn on
computer.
BIOS instructs the computer on how to perform a number
of basic functions such as booting and keyboard control.
It also provides a way for configuring computer hardware.
Hardware like hard drive, floppy drive, optical
drive, CPU, memory, etc.
On starting computer we see message like “Press F2 for
Setup”
Non volatile
19. CMOS Battery
• This is a 3 volt battery, this
battery supplies the power
to CMOS ram for CMOS
ram to retain the
information during system
powered off, the battery
may be last for 5 or 6 years.
20.
21. CPU Socket
A CPU socket or slot is an electrical
component that attaches to a printed
circuit board (PCB) and is designed to
house a CPU (also called a
microprocessor).
It is a special type of integrated circuit
socket designed for very high pin counts.
CPU sockets on the motherboard can
most often be found in most desktop
and server computers (laptops typically
use surface mount CPUs), particularly
those based on the Intelx86 architecture.
22. The CPU
The Central Processing Unit (CPU) is the chip on the
motherboard that acts as the "computer's brain "
it does calculations, and coordinates the other
motherboard components
CPU examples: the Pentium, the PowerPC chip
The CPU is also known as the processor or
microprocessor.
23. Different kind of CPU
Intel
Celeron
Pentium 4
Xeon
AMD
Duron
Athlon XP
Sempron
Athlon 64
Common features
Clock rate > 2GHz
Differences
Word Size
Cache Memory
Size
Front Side Bus
No. of transistors
26. The CPU and RAM Communication
The CPU
processes data.
The RAM
contains data
and programs.
The data bus transports the
processed data to the RAM so
it can be stored, displayed, or
output.
29. Chipset
• Chip set is a set of IC.
• The combination of
the North and Southbridge
in a computer is Called
the chipset.
• NB allows communication
between CPU,RAM,AGP
• SB handles Secondary
H/W,BIOS,I/O,USB
30. The system clock sends out 'ticks' to control the timing
of all the motherboard tasks
e.g. it controls the speed of the data bus and the
instruction cycle
The time it takes to complete an instruction cycle is
measured in megahertz (MHz).
1 MHz = one million cycles per second
The System Clock
32. Explore….
•Hard disk and its connectivity to mother board??
•Disk Drive Components and working??
•Difference between SATA and PATA??
•Power supply and power connectors??
•What is North Bridge and South Bridge??
•Discuss about Booting process ??
Editor's Notes
A motherboard, also known as the primary circuit inside the computer, and where the central processing unit(CPU), Memory slots, drives and other peripherals.
A motherboard provides the electrical connections by which the other components of the system communicate. it also connects the central processing unit and hosts other subsystems and devices.
An important component of a motherboard is the microprocessor's supporting chipset, which provides the supporting interfaces between the CPU and the various buses and external components. This chipset determines, to an extent, the features and capabilities of the motherboard.
Bus line is a physical wiring that connects the components of the computer system on the motherboard
There are several different types of expansion slot:
ISA: older technology, for modems and slow devices
PCI: for graphics, sound, video, modem or network cards
AGP: for graphics cards
Buses evolved around data path and speed
Local bus (system) and expansion bus (ISA)
Buses carry electrical power, control signals, memory addresses, and data
On-board ports, connectors, and riser slots
ISA (Industry Standard Architecture) – The oldest expansion slot that is configured in 8-Bit and 16-Bit slots.
Also referred to as the AT bus.
Operates at 8MHz, although some manufacturers reliably achieve a throughput of 10 MHz.
PCI (Peripheral Component Interconnect) – The most popular expansion slot that is configured in both 32-bit, 33MHz and 64-bit, at 33MHz and 66MHz.
A new standard is the PCI-X which can operate at 66MHz, 133MHz, 266MHz, and 533MHz. PCI-X 1066MHz is being developed.
PCI adapters are configured with software and the standard supports bus-mastering, which allows an adapter to take over the external bus from the CPU and execute operations with another bus-mastering adapter without going through the processor.
AGP (Accelerated Graphics Port) – 32-bit bus interface for graphics adapters developed from the PCI bus.
It speeds up 3-D graphics, 3-D acceleration, and full-motion playback.
Allows the video adapter to directly access RAM on the motherboard when needed.
The video subsystem is isolated from the rest of the computer.
In order to implement AGP, the motherboard must have an AGP expansion slot, the chipset must support AGP, and an operating system that supports AGP must be installed.
Some motherboards will allow changing the amount of memory AGP can use. The amount normally used is 64MB, configured through BIOS settings, and referred to as the AGP Aperture.
Random Access Memory (RAM).
RAM is used to hold programs while they are being executed, and data while it is being processed.
RAM is volatile, meaning that information written to RAM will disappear when the computer is turned off.
RAM contents can be accessed in any (i.e. random) order.
By contrast, a sequential memory device, such as magnetic tape, forces the computer to access data in a fixed order because of the mechanical movement of the tape.
How much RAM is Enough?
Computers typically have between 64 and 512 Mb (megabytes) of RAM.
RAM access speeds can be as fast as 8 nanoseconds (8 billionth of a second).
The right amount of RAM depends on the software you are using.
You can install extra RAM.
RAM – Random Access Memory
RAM is volatile
data is lost when the power to the computer is turned off
The instructions and data for the job performing are written to RAM and read from it as needed
Two operations of RAM
Loading means copying data from the secondary storage to the main memory
Saving means copying data from RAM to the non-volatile secondary storage.
Types of RAM
SRAM
DRAM
SDRAM
DDR-RAM
Cache memory – A fast type of memory designed to increase the speed of microprocessor operations.
L1 (Level one) cache – Cache memory that is located inside the microprocessor.
Write-through cache – The microprocessor writes 1s and 0s into the cache memory at the same time as regular memory.
Write-back cache – The 1s and 0s are written to regular memory when the microprocessor is not busy. It is more efficient than write-through cache.
L2 cache – Cache memory that is on the motherboard for Pentium and lower processors. Starting with the Pentium Pro processor, the L2 cache is inside the processor packaging and known as on-die cache
ROM – Read Only Memory
ROM is non-volatile
Data are stored permanently
Data can only be read but cannot be changed
Store instructions and tells the computer how to load the operations system when booting up
Basic Input/Output System (BIOS)
Types of CMOS batteries
3.6V lithium battery with a four-pin connector; connects with a Velcro strip
4.5V alkaline battery with a four-pin connector; connects with a Velcro strip
3.6V barrel-style battery with a two-pin connector; soldered on
3V lithium coin-cell battery (most common)
Also called real-time clock/nonvolatile RAM (RTC/NVRAM) chip
Retains data even when computer is turned off
Setup cannot be changed unintentionally, but disk drive must be working before you can change the setup
The Central Processing Unit (CPU) is the chip on the motherboard that acts as the "computer's brain"
it does calculations, and coordinates the other motherboard components
CPU examples: the Pentium, the PowerPC chip
The CPU is also known as the processor or microprocessor.
The instruction pointer in the CPU's control unit stores the location of the next program instruction to be executed.
The instruction is loaded into the instruction register to be carried out.
registers are local memory on the CPU
The ALU (arithmetic logic unit) executes the instruction.
The result is placed in the accumulator (another register), then stored back in RAM or used in other CPU operations.
A chip (microchip) is an integrated circuit - a thin slice of silicon crystal packed with microscopic circuit elements
e.g. wires, transistors, capacitors, resistors
Short for Basic Input/Output System, the BIOS (pronounced bye-oss) is a ROM chip located on all motherboards that allows you to access and set up your computer system at the most basic level. In the picture below, is an example of what a BIOS chip may look like on your computer motherboard. In this example, this is a picture of an early AMIBIOS, a type of BIOS manufactured by the AMI. Another good example of a BIOS manufacturer is Phoenix.
The BIOS includes instructions on how to load basic computer hardware and includes a test referred to as a POST (Power On Self Test) that helps verify the computer meets requirements to boot up properly. If the computer does not pass the POST, you will receive a combination of beeps indicating what is malfunctioning within the computer.
The four main functions of a PC BIOS
POST - Test the computer hardware and make sure no errors exist before loading the operating system. Additional information on the POST can be found on our POST and Beep Codes page.
Bootstrap Loader - Locate the operating system. If a capable operating system is located, the BIOS will pass control to it.
BIOS drivers - Low level drivers that give the computer basic operational control over your computer's hardware.
BIOS or CMOS Setup - Configuration program that allows you to configure hardware settings including system settings such as computer passwords, time, and date.