FieldTechnician – Computing and Peripherals (FTCP)

There are many computer motherboard manufacturers. Intel AMD (Advanced Micro Devices) Gigabyte Technology Asus MSI (Micro-Star International) ASRock Biostar American Megatrends Acer VIA Technologies Are some of the famous brands who manufacture computer motherboards. Latest Motherboard Models Gigabyte (GA-H110M-S2) DDR4 Motherboard Asus H110M-CS 6th Gen Motherboard Gigabyte GA-78LMT-USB3 Motherboard Intel DH61WW Motherboard

Motherboard position depends on its cabinet model. There are two types of cabinet models currently available: 1. Tower Model 2. Desktop Model Tower Model: As the name indicates it is having more hight and less width in this kind of CPU cabinets the motherboards attached to the side of the box. Normally it is assembled just below the SMPS in the pc cabinet. Desktop Model: In this model the motherboard is placed on the base of the box just near to the SMPS or powersupply. There are other kind of Pcs called AIO (All in one Pcs) which integrated the CPU along with the monitor. In this type of Pcs Motherboard is placed behind the Monitor Screen. Normally motherboards are screwed in the metal cabinet with the use of plastic spacers. The hollow spacers are used to give spacing between the back side of the PCB; where most of the components are connected using soldering and the metal cabinet. if directly placed the motherboard will get short-circuited and wi...

Motherboard: A motherboard is one of the most essential parts of a computer system. It holds together many of the crucial components of a computer, including the central processing unit (CPU), memory and connectors for input and output devices.The motherboard is a printed circuit board It allocates power and allows communication to the CPU, RAM, and all other computer hardware components. The motherboard also called as  mainboard or  system board. The name indicates the importance of this Printed Circuit board in a computing  device. Motherboard  specifically refers to a PCB with expansion capability and as the name suggests, this board is often referred to as the "mother" of all components attached to it, which often include peripherals, interface cards( sound cards, video cards, network cards ) , hard drives, or other forms of interfacing or storage components. A motherboard also provid...

Computer: Computer is an electronic device that stores, retrieves, and processes data, and can be programmed with instructions. A computer is composed of hardware and software and can exist in a variety of sizes and configurations. Block Diagram: Hardware: The physical components of your computer such as the system unit, mouse, keyboard, monitor etc are called Hardware. Software: The software is the instructions that make the computer work. The software is stored either on your computers hard disk, CD-ROM, DVD or on a diskette (floppy disk) and is loaded (i.e. copied) from the disk into the computers RAM (Random Access Memory), as and when required. INPUT DEVICES:  Scanners: A scanner allows you to scan printed material and convert it into a file format that may be used within the PC   TouchPads:   A device that lays on the desktop and responds to pressure  Light Pens:  Used to allow users to point to areas on a screen ...