Tech 2-Week Challenge
















ATX is the most commonly used __________ today.

The first ATX power supplies and motherboards used a single ________________ called the P1 connector.

If an ___________________ supports the soft switch, it can turn off the power to a system after the shutdown procedure is complete.

The MicroATX form factor is a major variation of ______ that addresses some _________ that have emerged since the original development of ATX.

MicroATX reduces the total cost of a system by reducing the number of ______________on the motherboard, reducing the power supplied to the board and allowing a _________ case size.

FlexATX is commonly used in slimline and all-in-one cases but can fit into any FlexATX, ___________, or ATX case that follows the __________ or higher standard.

The BTX form factor was designed by Intel in 2003 for flexibility and can be used by everything from __________ systems to those ultra-small systems that sit under a monitor.

The BTX form factor design focuses on ____________ with better airflow and improved fans and coolers.

The NLX form factor for low-end personal computer motherboards was developed by Intel in 1998 to improve on an older and similar form factor, called the LPX form factor.

The _______________ on an ______ motherboard is on the edge of the board.

The ________________, sometimes called the chassis, houses the power supply, _______, expansion cards, and drives.


The first LGA _______ is the _____ socket.


The _____ chipset supports the Intel LGA1366 socket, the ________ processes, and PCI Express Version __.


A bus that does not run in sync with the ___________ is called an expansion bus and always connects to the slow end of the _______, the South Bridge.


The first _____ bus had a 32-bit data _____, supplied 5 V of power to an expansion card, and operated at 33 ____.


_________ is sometimes called bandwidth.


PCI-X is focused on technologies that target the ________ market.


A ______ Express __ slot contains a single lane for _____, which is actually four _____.


PCIe ________ doubled the frequency of the PCIe _____, theoretically doubling the __________.


You can use a riser card in other ________ besides _____ to extend an expansion ______.


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APG ___ cards can be installed in the AGP 1.5-V slot, but signals are put on the data bus using 0.8 V.


Part of a riser card's ______, modem, or networking logic is on the _____, and part is on a controller on the motherboard.


A _____ slot is smaller than a PCI slot but about the same height.


Ports coming directly off the motherboard are called on-board ports or _________________.


A motherboard might have several internal connectors, including parallel ATA connectors (also called _____ connectors), a _____ drive connector, serial ATA connectors, ______ connectors, or a FireWire (IEEE ____) connector.


A program in BIOS, called BIOS setup or ______ setup, can easily make changes to the setup values stored in CMOS _____.


Some older motherboards and _______________ store setup data using a _______________ (DIP) switch.


You do not have to replace an entire motherboard if one _____ fails.


Jumpers are considered ______ or _______ based on whether a jumper cover is present on two small posts or _____________ that stick up off the motherboard.


Setup information about the ________ can be stored by setting a jumper on (_____) or off (_____).