TVL – COMPUTER SYSTEMS SERVICING 11

Name: ______________________________________ Date: ____________________

Grade: ______________________________________ Section: ___________________

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Semester: ____ 5
Week: ____ 5
SSLM No. ____ ELC(s): Obtain materials necessary to
complete the work in accordance with established
procedures and check against system requirements.
➢ Title of Textbook/LM to Study:
➢ Topic: Parts of the Motherboard

➢ Objective:
Examine the motherboard in detail and its components.

Let Us Discover
Parts of the Motherboard

(Source: https://sites.google.com/site/websiteofchsg10/parts-of-motherboard)

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Parts of the Motherboard
1. CPU
➢ Central processing unit or microprocessor is the brain of the
computer where most calculation take place.
➢ The most common microprocessors are either made by Intel
Corporation or by Advanced Micro Devices Incorporated
(AMD).
2. Fan and Heat Sink - is an electronic device that incorporates a
fan and an active cooling solution to keep the CPU cool.

3. BIOS Chip - Basic Input/ Output System or BIOS contains

program or code that helps the processor to interact and control
the other components in the computer like monitor, printer,
microphone, disc drives, sound card, network cards, USB ports,
hard drives, and other peripheral devices.
4. I/O System - is the communication or signals between an information processing system
(computer) and the outside world (people or another information processing system) via
serial ports or parallel ports.
5. BUS/Expansion Slot - are PCI slots that allow you to add other functions in the computer
like modem, Ethernet card, sound card, and other add-in cards.
6. CMOS Storage Chip - allows you to modify the date, time and sets the loading procedure
when the computer starts. CMOS Setup allows you to activate or deactivate different
hardware components that are connected to the computer such as video card, sound card,
USB, and other ports.
7. CMOS Backup Battery - is a small battery attached directly to the
motherboard that maintains the time, date, hard disk, and other
configuration settings in the CMOS memory.

8. Northbridge Interface - connects the CPU to the RAM, level 2

cache, the PCI video card, express bus, Ethernet, Memory bus,
and Front-side bus (FSB).
9. Southbridge Interface - handles all the inputs and outputs to the
many devices connected to the computer. It coordinates the flow
of data between the CPU and peripherals and holds the PC
express, PCI, USB, SATA, BIOS, and I/O devices like keyboard,
mouse, USB, audio, video, etc.

10. IDE Disk Drive Connection - IDE or ATA is used to connect hard
disk drives, CD-ROM drives, and similar peripherals

11. SATA Port Connection - serial ATA or SATA is a single cable

with a minimum of four wires creates a point-to-point connection
between devices.

12. Memory Slots - allow computer memory (RAM) chip/stick to be

inserted into the computer. Examples: DDR1, DDR2, DDR3, and
DRAM
13. Video Card Slots - used to connect preferred video card that shows the output display of
the computer to the monitor.

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 14. Power Connectors and Cables

Power Connectors are attached to the power supply to give power the motherboard and the
other components.

Wires and Cables - to carry data or information to various parts of the computer system.

15. Back Panel Connectors - are plugs and ports used to connect
to the external elements and are located at the back of the
computer case. These are connectors for external components
like keyboard, mouse, monitor, speakers, printer, scanner, etc.
16. Front Panel Connectors - are used to connect to the external
elements and are located in front of the computer case such as
power and reset buttons, audio connectors (earphone and
microphone), USB connectors, and optical drive.

Let Us Try

Activity 1. Identifying Me!

Directions: Identify the following connectors and cables, and parts of the motherboard. Write
your answer on the space provided.

1. _______________ 2. _______________ 3. _______________

4. _______________

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 5. _______________ 6. _______________ 7. _______________ 8. _______________

9. _______________ 10. ______________

Let Us Do

Activity 2. Name Me!

Directions: Name the parts of the motherboard. Write your answer on the space provided.

1. __________________________________ 6. __________________________________
2. __________________________________ 7. __________________________________
3. __________________________________ 8. __________________________________
4. __________________________________ 9. __________________________________
5. __________________________________ 10. __________________________________

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 Let Us Apply

Activity 3. Think It!

Directions: Identify the following internal parts of the system unit to its particular location in
the motherboard as labelled on the figure. Write the letter only on a separate sheet of paper.

As CSS student, how does understanding of components of motherboard helpful in your field?
__________________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________________
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Rubrics

Criteria for the Activity 3

Performance of the learner will be rated based on the following criteria:
Contents Excellent (3) Very Satisfactory (2) Satisfactory (1)
Substantial, specific and/or
Sufficiently developed
illustrative content Limited content with
Content content with adequate
demonstrating strong inadequate elaboration
Knowledge elaboration or
development and or explanation.
explanation.
sophisticated ideas.
1-3 misspelled 4 or more misspelled
Spelling No misspelled word.
Words. Words.
Follows correct
4 or more capitalization
Capitalization capitalization (pronouns, 1-3 capitalization errors.
errors.
sentences)
Applies punctuations 1-3 incorrect use of 4 or more incorrect use
Punctuation
correctly. punctuations. of punctuations.
1-3 words can’t be 4 or more words can’t
Handwriting Legible.
clearly read. be clearly read.

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 References

● CG TVL CSS: Code: TLE_IACSS9-12ICCS-Ia-e-28

● Milambiling, Owen. Computer Hardware Servicing 9 Learner's Materials.
Department of Education-Instructional Materials Council Secretariat (DepEd-
IMCS), 2013.
● Jemma Development Group. Understanding PC Hardware. Jemma Inc, 2017.

SSLM Development Team

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