The CNR, or Communication and Network Riser, is a type of slot that supports audio, modem, USB and Local Area Network cards. This slot is highly recommended for any user building a large number of computers because the cards costs a lot lesser than
the standard PCI or ISA cards.
4.ISA
Nowadays, ISA or Industry Standard [...]
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MOTHERBOARD SLOT DEFINITIONS (2/2)
August 1st, 2009 · No Comments
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MOTHERBOARD SLOT DEFINITIONS (1/2)
July 21st, 2009 · No Comments
There are different types of slots in a motherboard.
Here are the definitions of the slots that are present in a PC motherboard:
1.AGP
The AGP, or Advanced Graphics Port, is used to contain video cards. It is highly recommended (and more practical) that only motherboards with AGP slots be considered to be bought.
2.AMR [...]
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Asustek ROG Rampage II Gene
June 1st, 2009 · No Comments
Another of Intel Core i7 capable motherboards, from one of Taiwan’s largest manufacturers of PC related hardware, loaded with Intel’s X58/CH10R architecture it’s one heck of a gaming PC board. It supports the Core i7 Extreme Edition with dynamic speed control that allows utmost configuration control with minimal fuss. Capable of 6X4 Gigabyte Dimms, it [...]
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MSI X85 Platinum SLI
April 1st, 2009 · No Comments
Another of the leading motherboard makers, this board from MSI is designed to support Intel’s Core i7 Series of Processors. Loaded with six memory slots allowing a maximum 24 Gigabytes of ram for seamless gaming performance. One of the new generation all solid state boards without using electrolytic capacitors for utmost performance, without the strains [...]
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NVIDIA nForce 790i ULTRA SLI
March 1st, 2009 · No Comments
Inspired by their success as one of the most prolific manufacturers of video cards on the market, they have come up with their own motherboards to further enhance the abilities of their video cards with added support and extensions for their famed gaming video cards. Delivering top performance 1600 MHz FSB for Intel CPUs allowing [...]
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Dell recalls several biz-PC motherboards
February 12th, 2009 · No Comments
Dell has pointed to a supposed flaw with regard to the compatibility of their motherboards with the Nvidia graphics chip. The computer manufacturer has already contacted several of their vendors and distributors who have stocks of these products to return affected units to them.
Here’s an excerpt from the original article:
Dell Computer will start contacting some [...]
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Jumpers and Switches
January 10th, 2009 · No Comments
Extreme gamers use these parts of the motherboard to maximize its capabilities allowing it to go beyond the set safe limits for the specific board design. Most gaming motherboards have several user-selectable modes that allows the setting of several jumpers and dip switches (functions in the same manner) to attain a specific setting. The jumper [...]
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Intel G45 Chipset Desktop Motherboard
October 6th, 2008 · No Comments
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I recently bought this at a local distributor. I decide to get this so i can use it for my Home Theater PC or HTPC which is low powered. I prefered this cheap and CPU which requires a minimal [...]
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Understanding Motherboard
August 18th, 2008 · No Comments
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A motherboard is the central or main circuit board making up a multifaceted electronic system, such as a modern computer. It is also recognized as a mainboard, baseboard, system board, or, on Apple computers, a logic board, and is from time to time abbreviated as mobo.[1]
Most after-market motherboards formed today are designed for [...]
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Motherboard and Warranty
March 25th, 2008 · No Comments
Most of the trouble caused by a damaged motherboard is as similar as to problems caused by an out of order or failing power supply. So be certain to verify if the power supply is not working or switch out another power supply to test if your problem is fixed. If it happens that you [...]
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