Socket 370 (Celeron) motherboard
Based on the Intel 810 chipset
PCI slot
AMR (Audio/Modem
Riser) slot Floppy disk Parallel port
connects here
Sound port (The Monitor port (The board
motherboard has has onboard graphics)
onboard sound)
Keyboard DIN
connector
Wake on
LAN
CMOS
battery
COM 1
COM 2
Front panel
connectors
(LED, power,
Power (AT)
reset, etc)
BIOS
IDE ports for HDD and Power (ATX)
CD-ROM drives
DIMM slots
CPU fan
connects here
The chipset
Socket 370
Dual motherboard
Based on the Intel 810 chipset
(can take either PIII or Celeron)
AMR slot USB port CPU fan
connects here connects here
Audio connector
COM 2
COM 1 Keyboard
System fan
Wake on Lan
PCI
slots Power (AT)
Parallel Power (ATX)
port
CMOS
battery Socket 370
for Celeron
Slot 1 for PIII
Front
BIOS
Panel
Connector Chipset DIMM slots
(LED,
Floppy disk
power,
connects here
reset, etc) HDD &
CD-ROM Monitor
connects here
Motherboards are
accompanied by
cables, manuals, and
driver software on CD-
ROMs. If all the ports are
on the board itself, then
you’ll get only two cables—
one to connect the hard disk
and another to connect the
floppy drive to the
motherboard.
However, often that’s not the case, and
you’ll end up getting more connectors for
connecting your parallel port, your COM
port, and so on. This is particularly the case
if you go in for Intel 810-based boards, which
have onboard video and sound. These need
to be hooked up to the cabinet so that the
monitor and the speaker, etc, can be
plugged in.
In some cases, all connectors won’t be
provided. This normally happens with USB.
The motherboard will support USB, but all that
you’ll get is a line of pins on which a USB port
can be plugged in. You’ll end up buying the
USB port separately. Watch out for such
boards.