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The document discusses the different ports found on a computer motherboard. It describes serial ports, parallel ports, VGA ports, DVI ports, PS/2 ports, modem ports, USB ports, FireWire ports, Ethernet ports, audio ports, power ports, and HDMI ports. These ports provide interfaces to connect peripheral devices like monitors, keyboards, mice, printers, scanners, hard drives, networks, speakers and microphones to the computer. Learning to identify and understand these various computer ports is an important step in learning to service computer systems.

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The document discusses the different ports found on a computer motherboard. It describes serial ports, parallel ports, VGA ports, DVI ports, PS/2 ports, modem ports, USB ports, FireWire ports, Ethernet ports, audio ports, power ports, and HDMI ports. These ports provide interfaces to connect peripheral devices like monitors, keyboards, mice, printers, scanners, hard drives, networks, speakers and microphones to the computer. Learning to identify and understand these various computer ports is an important step in learning to service computer systems.

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XEROX 1: OCT 16, 2022

TLE - ICT COMPUTER SYSTEMS SERVICING


QUARTER 1 :LESSON 4 COMPUTER PORTS

Now that you have the skills in assembling a personal computer, I believe that you are
ready to take another step of this module which is learning the different ports of the
motherboard. All you need to do is to familiarize yourself with the ports and cables provided in
this module.

COMPUTER PORTS
Computer ports are interfaces between peripheral devices and the computer. They are
mainly found at the back of the computer but are often also built into the front of the computer
chassis for easy access.

Ports at the rear of the computer

Ports at the front of the computer

Figure 1. Different Computer Ports

Serial port - a 9-pin port. Often called Com ports -


(communication) Com1, Com2 etc. Mice and external
modems were connected to these ports. They are
turquoise in colour.

Parallel port - a 25-pin port used to connect printers,


scanners, external hard disks, zip drives etc. to the
computer. Burgundy in colour, they are often called
LPT ports - LPT1, LPT2 etc. line print terminal

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VGA port - This is a 15-pin port and is blue in colour
used to connect monitors. Video Graphics Array is an
analogue port and is being replaced by the DVI port.

DVI port - white in colour, it is a digital port. This


means that no conversion is necessary between the
computer and the monitor and that means that
images can be produced more quickly on the monitor.
(Digital Visual Interface)
PS/2 port - used to connect keyboards and mice to the
computer. The keyboard port is purple and the
mouse port is green (Personal System/2)

Modem port - (Modulator/demodulator) used to


connect a modem to a telephone line. RJ11 is the
technical term for the port.

USB port - intended to replace Serial, Parallel and


PS/2 ports with a single standard. 127 devices can be
connected to a single USB (Universal Serial Bus) port.
Hot swappable - devices can be connected and
disconnected while the computer is on

FireWire port - (IEEE 1394 - Institute of Electrical and


Electronics Engineers) is an Apple technology There
are two versions available and a third is planned.

Ethernet port - used to connect to a network. Known


as RJ45 (Registered Jack-45), it is larger than a modem
port; also known as LAN (Local Area Network) port

Audio ports - used to input and output audio from the


computer. Three mini jack ports but there may be
more
Light blue - Line in - connect external devices
Lime - Connect the speakers to this port.
Pink - Connect a microphone to this port.
Power ports - act as the vital link between a device and
its source of power. It basically connects the computer
to electricity.

HDMI Port - High Definition Multimedia Interface is a


connector and cable capable of transmitting high-
quality and high-bandwidth streams of audio and
video between devices.

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