Athlon Xp Motherboard � Digital Mother
Just like you, I too had always wondered why motherboards are so called. A simple 'board' would have done. Slowly it dawned on me that a mother, wherever she be in the world, whatever be her religion or creed, occupies a unique position in the lives of all of us. As kids our entire world was, mother. We saw the world through her; we touched the world through her; we felt the world through her; she was everything and more to us. Therefore, it was not without reason that the Chinese said 'God cannot be everywhere; so he created mothers.' Thus a mother is the most important component of one's life. When it comes to computers, motherboards, Athlon Xp Motherboard included, are no different. Motherboards are like what mothers are to families. Families revolve around the mother.
A mother board is a board on which all the various components of a computer rest. Not only that, the motherboard also enables the various components of a computer to stay connected to one another through channels or circuits, technically known as bus. Imagine the motherboard as the plasma of a cell on which the various components of the cell like the nucleus, the cytoplasmic reticulum, the mitochondria, and the vacuoles lie. Thus there can be no computer without a motherboard. To put it differently, mother board is a printed circuit board containing the principal components of a computer. Any motherboard typically contains the following features:
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Slots or sockets - The purpose of slots or sockets is to enable microprocessor, that is the Central processing Unit (CPU) and RAM (Random Access Memory) to be installed. It is the CPU that performs all the arithmetical and logical calculations. In other words it can be said that by virtue of its importance it deserves to be called the brain of the computer where all instructions and data are processed. Random Access Memory (RAM) is an area where all data are stored before they are sent to the secondary storage area. Random Access Memory is temporary in the sense that once the computer is switched off, the contents are lost.
The chipset which is a part of the motherboard's logic system. The chipset consists of two parts - the north bridge and the south bridge. The other parts of the computer are connected to the CPU through these "bridges". The heart of an Athlon Xp Motherboard is the chipset - presently the KT400 which is an enhanced version of the earlier KT333 version. The Basic Input/Output System (BIOS) chip that controls the most basic functions of the computer. BIOS is actually a bunch of software instructions that reside in the ROM chip. The BIOS is responsible for many tasks such as configuring hard disk and parallel ports, managing bus transfers, and managing memory schemes.
The real time clock chip operated through a battery, which maintains basic settings and the system time. Slots for expansion cards - AMD does not manufacture motherboards. So what it does is help the customers with 'to locate motherboards that AMD has verified with the AMD Athlon� XP processor' on its site. The site states that to ensure a positive user experience with the AMD Athlon� XP processor, a test suite has been developed to ensure compliance with motherboard design guidelines for the AMD Athlon� XP processor and to ensure reliable operation, the AMD Athlon� XP processor should be used in conjunction with one of these recommended motherboards. Typically you can use the search tool on the site to choose the Processor, vendor, form factor and any other feature. On query the site will through up a list of recommended motherboards for you to choose.
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