Exam 7: Motherboards

Modern CPUs incorporate the memory controller on the processor rather than locating it on the _______________.

Pretty much every chip in your computer has a(n) _______________ wire and needs to be pushed by a clock chip, including the chips on your expansion cards.

If you plug a hard drive controller card into an expansion slot, it functions just as if it were built into the motherboard, albeit with one big difference: _______________.

Explain the reasoning behind proprietary motherboards.

A buggy device driver may cause _______________ symptoms.

In the ATX form factor, what enhanced performance is provided by placing the RAM closer to the Northbridge and CPU as compared to AT boards?

Why are chipset component chips relatively centrally located on the motherboard?

The now obsolete _______________ form factor was invented by IBM in the early 1980s and was the predominant form factor for motherboards through the mid-1990s.

The motherboard contains the wires-called _______________-that make up the buses of the system.

What are the benefits of ITX small form factor (SFF) motherboards?

PCI Express is still PCI, but it uses a point-to-point _______________ connection instead of PCI's shared parallel communication.

What should you do to fix a catastrophic failure?

Around 2001, the chipset maker VIA Technologies started the process to create a small form factor (SFF) motherboard known as the _______________.

What should you do to fix a component failure?

What is the smallest motherboard version in the ATX standard?

To install drivers in Windows, you need _______________ permissions to install drivers.

What factors led to Intel's invention of the Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP) port?

How does the PCI standard fit into a laptop?

The acronym RAID stands for _______________.

What is the size of the Nano-ITX form factor?