CompTIA A+ 1201 - Hardware Photos

T568A

T568B

RJ-45 (8P8C) connector

RJ-11 (6P2C / 6P4C) connector

Cat 7/8 cable (S/FTP)

Cat 6 cable (STP)

Cat 5e cable (UTP)

Direct Burial Cable (STP)

Plenum-rated Cable

Single-mode Fiber

Multi-mode Fiber

Straight Tip (ST) Fiber connector (bayonet, stick and twist)

Subscriber Connector (SC) Fiber (popular in data centers)

Lucent Connector (LC) Fiber (smaller, good for small spaces)

F-type connector

RG-59 & RG-6 coaxial cables

BNC connector

USB 2.0 - Type A

USB 2.0 - Type B

USB 2.0 - Mini B

USB 2.0 - Micro B

USB 3.0 - Type A

USB 3.0 - Type B

USB 3.0 - Micro B

USB C

Thunderbolt 2

FireWire 800/400

PS/2

DB-9 (RS-232) (serial)

DB-25 (parallel)

S/PDIF

Lightning

Punchdown block

Molex (legacy 4-pin power for drives/peripherals/fans)

HDMI (19-pin, digital, audio + video)

DisplayPort (digital, audio + video)

Mini DisplayPort (digital, audio + video)

DVI-I (dual link) (digital/analog, video only)

DVI-D (dual link) (digital, video only)

DVI-A (single link) (analog, video only, backwards compatible with VGA)

DVI-I (single link) (digital/analog, video only)

DVI-D (single link) (digital, video only)

VGA (DE-15) (analog, video only)

SATA power (15-pin) and data (7-pin) cable (HDD/SSD/optical)

SATA connectors on motherboard (HDD/SSD/optical)

eSATA ports (external drives)

eSATA connector (external drives)

24-pin ATX (20+4) (main motherboard power)

PCIe 6/8-pin (GPU power)

4/8-pin EPS (additional CPU power)

Console serial connection (RJ45+DB9 carries serial signaling (RS-232/TTL))

DVI to HDMI adapter (HDMI + DVI-D compatible)

DVI to VGA adapter (VGA + DVI-A compatible | DVI-D requires a converter)

USB to Ethernet adapter

USB-C to USB-A adapter

PSU

M.2

M.2 slot

mSATA

mSATA slot

Motherboard Form Factors (sizes)

PCI slots

PCIe slots

PCIe slot sizes

Motherboard headers

DDR DIMM memory slots

DDR RAM

SO-DIMM RAM

BIOS on motherboard

CMOS battery

CLRTC jumper

TPM (Trusted Platform Module) (single system, on motherboard)

HSM (Hardware Security Module) (many systems, high-end server)