All About Motherboards

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What is a motherboard form factor?
Size and layout standard
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What is ATX?
Standard motherboard size
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What is microATX?
Smaller ATX
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What is E-ATX?
Larger ATX
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What is Mini-ITX?
Small form factor board
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What does SFF stand for?
Small Form Factor
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What is a chipset?
Controls data flow
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What is a socket?
CPU connector on board
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What does LGA stand for?
Land Grid Array
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What is LGA?
Pins on socket not CPU
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What is ZIF?
Zero Insertion Force socket
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What does PGA stand for?
Pin Grid Array
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What is PGA?
Pins on CPU not socket
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What is AM4?
AMD CPU socket
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What is sTRX4?
High-end AMD socket
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What is AM3+?
Older AMD socket
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What is a trace?
Board wire connection
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What is a bus?
Path for data/power
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What is a protocol?
Rules for communication
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What does PCI stand for?
Peripheral Component Interconnect
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What is PCI?
Expansion bus
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What is onboard port?
Port built into motherboard
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What is I/O shield?
Plate for ports
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What is a header?
Group of pins
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What does SAS stand for?
Serial Attached SCSI
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What is SAS?
Storage interface
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What does M.2 stand for?
Next Gen Form Factor
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What is M.2?
Slot for small cards
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What does MBR stand for?
Master Boot Record
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What is MBR?
Partition system under 2TB
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What does GPT stand for?
GUID Partition Table
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What is GPT?
Modern partition system
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What is Secure Boot?
Blocks untrusted OS
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What does CSM stand for?
Compatibility Support Module
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What is CSM?
Allows old BIOS support
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How enter BIOS/UEFI?
Press F2. F12. DEL
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What info BIOS shows?
CPU. RAM. drives. time
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What does SMART stand for?
Self Monitoring Analysis Reporting Technology
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What is SMART?
Monitors drive health
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Why change boot order?
Install OS or boot USB
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What does PXE stand for?
Preboot Execution Environment
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What is PXE?
Boot from network
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What is Platform Key (PK)?
Controls Secure Boot
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What is USB power share?
Charges when off
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What is USB wake?
USB wakes PC
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What is overclocking?
Increase CPU speed
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What is power-on password?
Blocks system access
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What is drive password?
Locks hard drive
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What does TPM stand for?
Trusted Platform Module
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What is TPM?
Stores encryption key
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What is BitLocker?
Windows drive encryption
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What does HSM stand for?
Hardware Security Module
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What is HSM?
External encryption device
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What is virtualization?
One PC runs many systems
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What is VM?
Virtual machine
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What is device driver?
Software for hardware
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What is firmware?
Software on chip
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What is flashing BIOS?
Updating firmware
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Why flash BIOS?
Fix bugs. add features
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What is back flash?
Revert BIOS version
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What is jumper?
Pins for settings
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Steps install motherboard?
Check board. install IO shield. mount board. install CPU. install RAM. connect cables. install GPU. power on. check POST