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CompTIA A+ Certification All-in-One Exam Guide

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Figure 6-1 Traces visible beneath the CPU socket on a motherboard

This chapter starts with an explanation of how motherboards work,

identifying various types or form factors of motherboards, including

distinguishing features. The second section examines expansion capabilities

on motherboards, specifically the types of expansion slots you’ll run into in

the wild and how to install expansion cards. The third section goes through

the pragmatic steps of upgrading and installing motherboards. The chapter

finishes with techniques for troubleshooting motherboard problems.

Layers of the PCB

Modern motherboards are layered printed circuit boards (PCBs), copper

etched onto a nonconductive material and then coated with some sort of

epoxy for strength. The layers mask some of their complexity. You can

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