Cipherus Posted July 15, 2013 Share Posted July 15, 2013 Hey, I'm relatively new here. But i've been wondering for a while now, How does a motherboard work? It's got my head spinning... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EdEarl Posted July 15, 2013 Share Posted July 15, 2013 Have you read 'motherboard' in wikipedia? The answer to your Q is a bit long for a forum to answer, but better suited to helping you understand things that aren't clear from other reading. Moterboards are large multilayer circuit boards with chips, resistors, capacitors, etc. soldered on them with strips of copper for wires. Connectors also soldered on these boards allow other circuit boards to be plugged into the motherboards. This.feature distinguishes motherboards from other circuit boards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delbert Posted July 17, 2013 Share Posted July 17, 2013 I think motherboards were originally a circuit board with a number of sockets into which the main functional circuit boards were plugged. The motherboard thus supplied interconnections and power rails between these sockets and thus functional boards. But nowadays, a considerable amount of functionality, other than the processor chip, seems to be on the motherboard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doG Posted July 17, 2013 Share Posted July 17, 2013 http://lmgtfy.com/?q=how+do+motherboards+work Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EdEarl Posted July 17, 2013 Share Posted July 17, 2013 (edited) I think motherboards were originally a circuit board with a number of sockets into which the main functional circuit boards were plugged. The motherboard thus supplied interconnections and power rails between these sockets and thus functional boards. But nowadays, a considerable amount of functionality, other than the processor chip, seems to be on the motherboard.Yes, back in the IBM 360 era, motherboards had few if any components, except sockets for boards with the circuits. Before that, components were mounted on metal chassis, and wires were soldered to components, and sometimes wires were wrapped around screws on terminal strips. There were other primitive things such as vacuum tubes. Edited July 17, 2013 by EdEarl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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