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How many Pins does an S-Video Port have?   S-Video 4-pins or 7pins  
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How many pins does a VGA port have?   VGA – 15 Pins (DB-15)  
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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  
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Serial Ports have how many pins?   Serial Port - 9-pins (DB9)  
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How many pins are in a Parallel Port?   Parallel Port – 25-pins  
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How many pins does a PS/2 port have?   PS/2 – 6 pins  
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What are some of the common Voltages rates from PSU?   +3.3V, +5V, +12V, -12V  
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What is the Floppy Drive Power Cable called?   Berg Power Connector. Similar to a Molex but smaller and has a plastic snap  
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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  
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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  
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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  
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What does OLED stand for? What are they used for?   Organic Light Emitting Diodes Mobile and Digital Camera screens  
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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”  
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What are Nano ITX and Pico ITX MoBo used for?   Computing Appliances and smaller Media centers  
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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  
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Name some of the AMD Sockets   Socket 940 for the Athlon Socket 754 Athlon and Sempron FM2 and FM1 AM3 and AM2 Socket F  
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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  
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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  
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