Identifying parts on the system board, Identifying, Parts – Lenovo ThinkCentre A61 User Manual

Page 15: System, Board, Locations

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Identifying

parts

on

the

system

board

The

system

board

(sometimes

called

the

planar

or

motherboard)

is

the

main

circuit

board

in

your

computer.

It

provides

basic

computer

functions

and

supports

a

variety

of

devices.

Figure

4

shows

the

locations

of

parts

on

the

system

board

for

some

computer

models.

1

Microprocessor

fan

connector

13

Front

USB

connectors

(2)

2

Microprocessor

and

heat

sink

14

Battery

3

Memory

connector

1

15

Clear

CMOS/Recovery

jumper

4

Memory

connector

2

16

Serial

(COM)

connector

5

Memory

connector

3

17

PCI

adapter

connectors

6

Memory

connector

4

18

Mono

(speaker)

connector

7

Cover

presence

switch

connector

19

Front

audio

connector

8

Diskette

drive

connector

20

CD-IN

connector

9

IDE

connector

1

21

PCI

Express

x16

graphics

adapter

connector

10

Power

connector

22

PCI

Express

x1

adapter

connector

11

SATA

IDE

connectors

(4)

23

System

fan

connector

12

Front

panel

connector

24

12

V

power

connector

Figure

4.

System

board

parts

locations

Chapter

2.

Overview

7

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