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Motherboards, Processors,
and Memory
Wiley Inc. 2015. All Rights Reserved.
220-901 Domain 1.0
Objectives Covered
1.1 Given a scenario, configure settings and use BIOS/UEFI tools on a PC.
Install firmware upgrades flash BIOS.
BIOS component information: RAM, Hard drive, Optical drive, CPU, Boot
sequence, Enabling and disabling devices, Date/time, Clock speeds,
Virtualization support
BIOS security (passwords, drive encryption: TPM, lojack, secure boot)
Use builtin diagnostics.
Monitoring: Temperature monitoring, Fan speeds, Intrusion
detection/notification, Voltage, Clock, Bus speed
1.2 Explain the importance of motherboard components, their purposes, and
properties.
Sizes: ATX, MicroATX, MiniITX, ITX
Expansion slots: PCI, PCIX, PCIe, miniPCI
RAM slots
CPU sockets
Chipsets: Northbridge/Southbridge, CMOS battery
Power connections and types
Fan connectors
Front/top panel connectors: USB, Audio, Power button, Power light, Drive
activity lights, Reset button
Bus speeds
ATX
micro ATX
ITX
Peripheral Component
Interconnect (PCI)
PCI Express (PCIe)
PCI-Extended (PCI-X)
PCI-X slots
PCI slot
PCI slots
L1 cache: 64KB
L2 cache: 256KB
L3 cache: 4MB 12MB
RAM: 4GB 16GB
HDD/SDD: 100s of GBs to TBs
Date
Time
Drive configuration
Memory
CPU settings
Integrated ports
Boot sequence
Power management
Virtualization support
Security (passwords, Trusted Platform Module
settings, LoJack)
Power button
Power light
Reset button
Drive activity lights
Audio jacks
USB ports
DIP
PGA varieties
LGA
Hyperthreading
Multicore
Throttling
Speed
32- and 64-bit processors
Virtualization support
Integrated GPU
Parity Checking
Cells
Memory banks
Error-correcting code (ECC)
Single- and double-sided memory
Single-, dual-, and triple-channel memory
Buffered and unbuffered memory
DRAM
Asynchronous
Synchronous (SDRAM)
Single data rate (SDR)
Double data rate (DDR)
DDR2
DDR3
SRAM
ROM
DIMM
SODIMM
Memory cooling
Hard drive cooling
Chipset cooling
CPU cooling
Air cooling
Liquid cooling
Heat pipes
Peltier cooling
Phase-change cooling
Liquid nitrogen and helium cooling
Undervolting