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NPower Exam Study Guide Solutions FRU (field replaceable unit) - ANSWER-A computer component that is modular and can be replaced. Motherboard (aka System Board/Mainboard) - ANSWER-The nervous system of the computer. Most Common Motherboard Form Factors - ANSWER-ATX (Advanced Technology Extend...

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FRU (field replaceable unit) - ANSWER✔✔-A computer component that is

modular and can be replaced.


Motherboard (aka System Board/Mainboard) - ANSWER✔✔-The nervous

system of the computer.


Most Common Motherboard Form Factors - ANSWER✔✔-ATX (Advanced

Technology Extended), Micro ATX, ITX


Form Factor - ANSWER✔✔-The size, shape, and physical specifications of

hardware or hardware components.


Chipset - ANSWER✔✔-A group of chips on the motherboard that controls

the timing and flow of data and instructions to and from the CPU.


Northbridge Chipset - ANSWER✔✔-This chipset deals with the

communication between the CPU, the memory, the other chipset, any

integrated video, and high-speed graphics ports - such as AGP and PCIe.




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, Southbridge Chipset - ANSWER✔✔-Manages all onboard peripheral

devices. Any expansion cards that connect to the motherboard - with the

exception of high-speed graphics cards - are managed by this.


SATA (Serial Advanced Technology Attachment) - ANSWER✔✔-An

industry-standard Serial bus interface for connecting a computer's host bus

adapter to storage devices such as hard disk drives (HDD), optical drives

and solid-state drives (SSD).


PATA (Parallel Advanced Technology Attachment; aka IDE) -

ANSWER✔✔-It is an IDE standard for connecting storage devices like

optical and hard drives to the motherboard.


CPU (Central Processing Unit) - ANSWER✔✔-The internal operating unit

or "brain" of a computer.


LGA (Land Grid Array) - ANSWER✔✔-CPU sockets that have contacts

(often pins) built in to them, which connect with contacts on the CPU.


PGA (Pin Grid Array) - ANSWER✔✔-CPU sockets that have holes, and the

processors have pins that fit into the holes.




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