Specifications

Identifyingpartsonthemotherboard
Themotherboard(sometimescalledtheplanarorsystemboard)isthemaincircuitboardinyourcomputer.
Itprovidesbasiccomputingfunctionsandsupportsavarietyofdevicesthatarefactory-installedorthat
youcaninstalllater.Thefollowingillustrationshowsthelocationofconnectorsandcomponentsonthe
frontofthemotherboard.
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1.Cameraconnector10.DC-inconnector
2.Opticaldiskdrivepowerconnector11.RearI/Omoduleconnector
3.Systemfanconnector
12.TV-Tunercardconnector
4.LVDSconnector13.B-CAScardreaderconnector
5.OpticaldriveSATAconnector
14.Wi-Ficardconnector
6.Battery
15.Frontfunctionboardconnector
7.HarddiskdriveSATAconnector
16.Powercontrolconnector
8.Harddiskdrivepowerconnector
17.Speakerconnector
9.Converterconnector
18.Memoryconnector
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