The ATX Motherboard The motherboard glues all the components of a computer system together via its various slots, connectors and ports. In this case, Socket A is for an AMD Athlon XP CPU.

The 5-pin DIN keyboard connector used with the first IBM PC (1981) and second-generation IBM AT (1984). It was subsequently replaced with the smaller 6-pin Mini-DIN connector on the IBM PS/2 in ...

Now, feel free to dredge this article back up in a year's time when motherboards with the connectors on the rear are nothing but a distant memory, but during my time seeing what's on offer at CES ...

5 - Photos - Gigabyte GA-EX58-UD5P Photos - Gigabyte GA-EX58-UD5P. On the next few pages we'll show you some photos. The images were taken at high-resolution and then cropped and scaled down.