Question | Answer |
How many Pins does an S-Video Port have? | S-Video 4-pins or 7pins |
How many pins does a VGA port have? | VGA – 15 Pins (DB-15) |
What is the difference between
DVI-D, DVI-A, and DVI-I? | DVI-D – Digital Only
DVI-A – Analog Only
DVI-I – Integrated Digital and Analog |
Serial Ports have how many pins? | Serial Port - 9-pins (DB9) |
How many pins are in a Parallel Port? | Parallel Port – 25-pins |
How many pins does a PS/2 port have? | PS/2 – 6 pins |
What are some of the common
Voltages rates from PSU? | +3.3V, +5V, +12V, -12V |
What is the Floppy Drive Power Cable called? | Berg Power Connector. Similar to a Molex but
smaller and has a plastic snap |
What does a rectifier do?
What does a Transformer do?
Where are these units located? | Rectifier - Converts AC to DC
Transformer – Changes ratio of Voltage to Current
Power Supply Unit |
What is the difference between
Passive and Active Cooling systems? | Passive Cooling system refers to Heat Sinks and Active Cooling System refers to Fans and Liquid cooling |
How much higher should a power supply be rated than the expected need? | About 30% more than is needed. Running the
PSU at less than peak performance
will make the PSU last longer |
What does OLED stand for?
What are they used for? | Organic Light Emitting Diodes
Mobile and Digital Camera screens |
What are the measurements for common form factors?
ATX, Micro ATX, Mini ITX | ATX – 12” X 9.6”
ATX Micro – 9.6” X 9.6”
Mini ITX – 6.7” X 6.7” |
What are Nano ITX and Pico ITX MoBo used for? | Computing Appliances and smaller Media centers |
Name some of the Intel Sockets | LGA 1155 and 1156 for Core i5 and i7
LGA 1366(Socket B) and 2011 for Core i7
LGA 771 or Socket J for Core 2 Extreme |
Name some of the AMD Sockets | Socket 940 for the Athlon
Socket 754 Athlon and Sempron
FM2 and FM1
AM3 and AM2
Socket F |
What are other names for the North Bridge?
What does the South Bridge contain? | Front Side Bus, System Bus and Host Bus
I/O Controller Hub |
What is the difference between
Asynchronous and Synchronous DSL? | ADSL always has faster Download speed than Upload Speed
SDSL has the same Upload and Download Speed |