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1. The experiment aimed to understand PC assembly by studying the motherboard's components like the north and south bridges. 2. The north bridge connects directly to the CPU and controls communication to parts like graphics cards and RAM. The south bridge controls input/output and connects components like hard drives and ports. 3. The study identified the roles of the bridges and connections between different computer components mounted on the motherboard.

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Coa Exp 1

1. The experiment aimed to understand PC assembly by studying the motherboard's components like the north and south bridges. 2. The north bridge connects directly to the CPU and controls communication to parts like graphics cards and RAM. The south bridge controls input/output and connects components like hard drives and ports. 3. The study identified the roles of the bridges and connections between different computer components mounted on the motherboard.

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EXPERIMENT TITLE LAB

NO. OUTCOMES

1 Study of PC Motherboard Technology


(South Bridge and North Bridge). Internal
Components and Connections used in 1
Computer System

To understand PC Assembly by studying different


components mounted on the motherboard. To identify the
AIM: different Bridges and their role in computer Systems. To
comprehend connections of diverse components

Name: Aditya Bikash Kundu

Roll No: 29

Div: D10A(Batch B)

Date of Performance:

Introduction:
Motherboard referred to as the mb, mainboard, mboard, mobo, mobd,
backplane board,
base board, main circuit board, planar board, system board, or a logic
board on Apple
computers. The motherboard is a printed circuit board and foundation of
a computer that
is the biggest board in a computer chassis. It allocates power and allows
communication
to and between the CPU, RAM, and all other computer hardware
components.
Theory:
A motherboard provides connectivity between the hardware components
of a computer,
like the processor (CPU), memory (RAM), hard drive, and video card.
There are
multiple types of motherboards, designed to fit different types and sizes
of computers.
Each type of motherboard is designed to work with specific types of
processors and
memory, so they don't work with every processor and type of memory.
However, hard
drives are mostly universal and work with most motherboards,
regardless of
the type or brand.
A computer motherboard is inside the computer case and is where most
parts and peripherals connect. With tower computers, the motherboard
is on
the left or right side of the tower and is the biggest circuit board.
Motherboard components:
1. Keyboard and mouse
2. Universal Serial Bus (USB)
3. Parallel port
4. CPU chip
5. RAM slots
6. Floppy Controller
7. IDE controller
8. PCI slot
9. ISA slot
10. CMOS Battery
11. AGP slot
12. CPU slot
13. Power supply slot
North Bridge :
The North bridge is also called the Host Bridge. The north bridge is
directly connected
to the Central Processing Unit(CPU) for processing tasks that need the
highest
performance. These chipsets act as a medium for communication
between the CPU and
parts of the motherboard thereby, with Memory Controller Hub, being the
other name for
North Bridge.
Features :
A north bridge communicates with processors via Front Side Bus or FSB
for short. It
controls the interaction with motherboard parts such as Accelerated
Graphics Port
(AGP), Peripheral Component Interconnect (PCI), and other crucial
parts.
Advantages :
Easy communication is being established between parts of the
motherboard via North
Bridge. Faster data transfer due to easy communication access.
Disadvantages :
There are no major disadvantages.
South Bridge:
The motherboard has a logical chip set comprising two chips namely
North and South
bridge. It is named South bridge as it sits in the South direction of the
Peripheral
Component Interconnect or PCI bus of the motherboard. Unlike North
bridge, this chip
is not directly connected to the CPU. North bridge acts as a medium of
communication
between South bridge and Central Processing Unit. South bridge
controls all the Input
and Output activities via CPU. Thereby it is also named as I/O Controller
Hub as it acts
as a hub for all the I/O processing and functionalities.
Features :
The South bridge supports various components of a motherboard such
as: Peripheral
Component Interconnect (PCI) – South bridge supports the old and new
versions of PCI
bus as well. PATA and SATA – PATA and SATA are known to store and
transfer chunks of data via CPU. These buses are responsible for
connecting hard drives and this is only
possible via South bridge. Clock – It provides a time quantum for each
process and
checks whether every process gets the time limit for execution or not.
Power
Management – Controls the power and uses whenever necessary
otherwise the power is
saved for further uses.
Advantages :
Many of the input and output processing can be simultaneously
controlled via South
bridge making it a huge advantage. Without this bridge, the IO
controlling would not be
possible.
Disadvantages :
There are no major disadvantages regarding South bridge. With the
rapid increase in
development of technology, motherboards too are being replaced with
many new
components. According to some sources, the North and South bridge is
being replaced
by a new component named IHA or Intel Hub Architecture which will be
discussed in
the further articles.
Connection:
A connection is a term that describes the link between a plug or
connector into a port or
jack. For example, your monitor, mouse, and keyboard all must connect
to the computer
before they work.
Connections on the back of the computer
● AT
● BNC
● Composite
● DisplayPort
● DVI
● eSATA
● FireWire (IEEE-1394)
● HDMI
● MIDI
● Modem (RJ-11 aka telephone)
● Network (RJ-45)
● Parallel port
● PS/2 port
● RCA
● S-Video
● S/PDIF
● SCSI
● Serial port (RS-232)
● Sound card (sound out or line out, sound in or line in, microphone, and
MIDI (joystick).
● USB
● VGA/SVGA

Conclusion:
We have successfully studied PC Motherboard Technology (South
Bridge and North
Bridge), Internal Components and Connections used in computer
system.

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