Motherboards - In General

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Hi there guys & girls,

I'm in the process of learning miscellaneous facts and features about motherboards. From the transistors which are placed on to the chip from the paste which helps keep all of the small electrical components stick to the board.

I guess what I'd like to see in this thread is useful information about motherboards in general. It can be anything - anything you want. The purpose is to gain knowledge and to share opinions on preferences.

Kindly leave a reference if you have one (e.g. a url of the subject/tutorial).

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http://pcsupport.about.com/od/componentprofiles/p/p_mobo.html
This thread didn't deserve to fail

So I bumped it :)

Motherboards are made of... Motherboard - fibreglass, phenolic resin, epoxy resin, tin, copper (board
and cladding and internal power/ground planes/wire traces), tin and
antimony and/or cadmium, and possibly lead (solder), rosin and/or ammonium
chloride (flux), brass/gold/silver (contacts), plastic, aromatic solvents
- typically trichloroethylene or acetone(for removing flux),
lacquer, varnish, paint, ferric chloride and
various oxides and sulphates resulting from exposure to the
environment before sealing.

Some more exotic materials courtesy of yahoo anwsers
 
Well put fastdude - I would have assumed everyone would be extremely eager to share their knowledge on this topic. Sadly, i'm somewhat mistakened :confused: But, errrm, to top-up on what I just learnt...I've come across some articles on Vdroop. Can anyone explain Vdroop in an easy, degestible fashion?

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Vdroop... basically, when you overclocking (making the processor run faster than the rated speed) you will eventually need to up the voltage to compensate. When you hit the higher voltages, sometimes you will get voltage spikes (from PSU, maybe bad regulation or faulty components)

So to compensate for that, whether it happens or not, the voltage will always be lower than what it has been set to, when overclocking/overvolting.

If you want to learn about the BIOS and how to flash it to a newer version, check out the sticky in the motherboard section.
 
I believe you just did fastdude! Go off the topic that is...

Anywho - Can anyone explain to me the circular things near the processor...They look almost like transistors but I don't think they are.

I heard they're meant to prevent the CPU from blowing up/melting too much voltage is sent.

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