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The document discusses motherboards, their types, form factors, and differences between desktop, laptop, and server motherboards. It defines a motherboard as the main circuit board that controls all computer system components and establishes connections between them. Some key points made: - Motherboards can be non-integrated, integrated, or embedded. Form factors include ATX, Mini-ITX, and BTX which determine size and component placement. - Desktop motherboards are designed for desktop PCs and support expansion. Laptop motherboards are compact to fit inside laptops. - Server motherboards host vital server functions, enable network connectivity, and support multiple processors for high-performance computing tasks.

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Practical-3: Specify The Difference Between Desktop Motherboard, Laptop and Server Method

The document discusses motherboards, their types, form factors, and differences between desktop, laptop, and server motherboards. It defines a motherboard as the main circuit board that controls all computer system components and establishes connections between them. Some key points made: - Motherboards can be non-integrated, integrated, or embedded. Form factors include ATX, Mini-ITX, and BTX which determine size and component placement. - Desktop motherboards are designed for desktop PCs and support expansion. Laptop motherboards are compact to fit inside laptops. - Server motherboards host vital server functions, enable network connectivity, and support multiple processors for high-performance computing tasks.

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Name: Pandavadra Arti Subject: CMT(3350701)

Enrolment no.: 196140307079

Practical-3
AIM: Observe different types of Motherboard, Form, Factor and
specify the difference between Desktop Motherboard, Laptop
and Server Method.

• What is Motherboard?

• The motherboard is defined as a circuit board for the computer system, also
called logic board or mainboard. In the computer system, the biggest
component is the motherboard that controls all the components of the
computer system and establishes a link between all components

1. Non-Integrated Motherboard

• A Non-integrated system board uses installable components and expansion cards. For
example, a non-integrated system board may allow you to upgrade the video card by
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removing the old one and installing a new one. Non-integrated motherboards typically
have several PCI expansions slots as well.

2. Integrated Motherboard

• An Integrated system board has multiple components integrated into the board itself.
These may include the CPU, video card, sound card, and various controller cards. A
non-integrated system board uses installable components and expansion cards.

3. Embedded Motherboard

• The computing element is an Embedded Motherboard, which is the feature packed


small form factor, heart of an Embedded System. Specialist I/O such as video capture,
communication ports, digital and analogue signals are connected into the computing
heart for the system to work.
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• Motherboard Form Factors:

• Determines general layout, size and feature placement on the motherboard.


• Form factors such as physical size, shape, component placement, power supply
connectors etc.
• Various form factors of motherboards are AT, Baby AT, ATX, Mini-ATX, Micro-
ATX, Flex ATX, LPX and Mini LPX and NLX.

1. AT (Advanced Technology)

• Oldest and biggest form factor and popular until Baby AT.
• Capable of using 386 processor.
• 12’-inch size and was difficult to install, service and upgrade.

2. Baby AT

• Standard in computer industries and still being used in Pentium class products.
• CPU socket is placed in such a way that it can interfere with longer bus cards.
• Limitation over peripheral card installation.
• I/O ports are connected to pin-outs near the floppy drive which results in jumbling
of ribbon cables.

3. ATX (Advanced Technology Extended)


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• Improvement done in easy to use, support for current and future I/O, and also to
current and future technology.
• New mounting configuration for power supply.
• Processor relocated away from expansion slots to allow full length add-in cards.
• Provides air-flow through chassis and across the processor.

4. LPX (Low Profile Extension) and Mini LPX

• Based on design by western digital.


• Usually found in desktop pc's.
• Case is slim-line, low profile case with riser card arrangement for expansion cards.
• Riser card arrangement means expansion boards are parallel rather than
perpendicular.
• This makes smaller case but limits number of expansion slots to t
• wo or three.
• High quality product at low cost but makes difficult to upgrade and repair.

5. NLX (New Low Profile Extended)

• Supports current and future processor technologies.


• Also supports new AGP and tall memory technology.
• Installing and upgrading the system is easy.

6. BTX (Balance Technology Extended)

• The BTX standards provided efficient design for small and large systems and new features
such as:
• An increased number of expansion slots
• Better electrical and thermal regulation
• Multiple system sizes and configurations
• Support for high-mass motherboard components
• Enhanced cooling capabilities with a straighter air flow path
• Reduced latency between the Northbridge and Southbridge
• Better component placement for back-panel input/output (I/O) controllers
• Reduced height requirements, which benefit system integration for blade
servers and rack mounts.

7. NANO ITX

• Nano-ITX boards measure 12 × 12 cm (4.7 × 4.7 in), and are fully integrated, very low
power consumption motherboards with many uses, but targeted at smart digital
entertainment devices such as DVRs, set-top boxes, media centers, car PCs, and thin
devices. ... Nano-ITX motherboards have slots for SO-DIMM.
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8. DTX

• In telecommunications, DTX, which is short for discontinuous transmission, is a method


used to increase the overall efficiency of two-way wireless voice communication. With
physical dimensions of 8.0-inches by 9.6-inches, a DTX motherboard allowed for two
expansion slots.

• Desktop Motherboard:

• A motherboard is the main printed circuit board (PCB) in a computer. The motherboard
is a computer's central communications backbone connectivity point, through which all
components and external peripherals connect. Often, choosing a motherboard
determines many of the features a desktop will have.

• Laptop Motherboard:

• A laptop motherboard is the primary printed circuit board (PCB) inside the laptop that
contains the components that make the computer work. Motherboards almost always
contain sockets for chips, memory slots, firmware chips, and a power connector.
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• Server Motherboard:

• A server motherboard, also known as a main board, multiprocessor board or system board,
hosts the vital characteristics of a computing system. The server motherboard links with

other computers over a network and enables these to interact.


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• Difference between Desktop, Laptop and Server Motherboard:

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