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PORTS ON MOTHERBOARD
 PS/2 PORT
 SERIAL PORT
 PARALLEL PORT
 VGA PORT
 DVI PORT
 USB PORT
 MINI DINS
 LAN PORT
 MODEM RJ-11 JACK
 FIREWIRE PORT
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Identifying Game Controller Cable Connector.
Identifying External Audio Cable Connector.
Identifying Male/Female Connectors.
Identifying IDE Data Bus.
Identifying SATA Hard Disk Drive Data Bus.
Identifying Floppy Disk Drive Data Bus.
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 Port has 6-pins.
 It is a female port.
 It require 6-pin male connector.
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The mouse is connected with a
PS-2 mini-DIN connector.
Green is for mouse.
The keyboard is connected with a PS-2
mini-DIN Connector.
Purple is for Keyboard.
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 Device is capable of Receiving one bit at a time.
 It is a 9 pin male port.
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Uses either a 9-pin or 25-pin connector and a
cylindrical cable much less susceptible to
interference.
 Can be up to 25 feet long.
 It require 9 pin female connector.
 Use to connect External modems and old
mouse.
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 Device is capable of receiving
eight bit at a time.
 It is a 25 pin female port. We require 25 pin
male connector.
 Port running at about 150Kb/sec.
 Dot matrix printers are connected.
 Utilize a male DB-25 pin connector on the
computer and a male 36-pin Centronics cable
at the printer end.
 Most cables will be no more than ten feet, to
reduce electronic interference along the cable.
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 Used to connect the monitor to the
computer.
 VGA stands for Video Graphics Array.
 VGA offers clean images at higher
resolutions.
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It is a 15 female port.
 It require 15 male
connecter.
 We can connect devices like
monitors, projectors.
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 DVI Stands for Digital Visual
Interface.
 Provide very high visual quality on
digital display devices.
 LCD computer displays and
digital projectors.
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It has 24 female pins.
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It require 24 pin male connector.
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 A protocol for transferring data to
and from digital devices.
 USB stands for Universal Serial Bus.
 A single USB port can be used to
connect up to 127 peripheral
devices.
 It has three versions of USB.
Version
Speed
USB 1.1
12 MBPS
USB 2.0
480 MBPS
USB 3.0
800 MBPS
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 Audio connectors are used to affix
cables to other audio equipment.
 Connector includes 3.5mm pins
that can be inserted into a socket.
 This setup is used for audio,
microphone and auxiliary output.
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 This port is for LAN connection.
 It has 8 pins.
 Ethernet uses a bus and supports
data transfer rates of 10 Mbps.
 Connector RJ45 is used.
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 Short for Registered Jack-11.
 A four-wire connector used
to connect telephone.
 RJ-11 connectors are also used to
connect local-area networks (LANs).
 RJ-11 is used for dial up connection.
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 A type of cabling technology for
transferring data to and from
digital devices at high speed.
 Also known as IEEE 1394.
 IEEE 1394 a devices are running
on 400 Mb/s. (6 pins) , half-duplex
 IEEE 1394 b devices are running
on 600-800 Mb/s. (9 pins) , fullduplex
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Digital cameras and memory
card readers connect to the
computer over FireWire.
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Digital audio and video
devices, external hard drives,
high-performance DVD
burners.
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A Male Connector
A Female Connector
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