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.