Want to build the perfect PC? The first thing you’ll need is a motherboard. If the processor is the brains of your computer, the motherboard is its nervous system: It provides the pathways that allow the processor to talk to the other components. Finding the perfect motherboard means navigating a minefield of technical jargon and marketing buzzwords,

And it can be tricky for even the savviest PC enthusiasts. But with a bit of inside knowledge, you can determine which board is right for you.

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MAJOR COMPONENTS

• CPU: The Central Processing Unit is often an Intel Pentium or Celeron processor. It is the heart of every PC. All scheduling, computation and control occurs here.

• BIOS: The Basic Input Output System is a non-volatile memory that contains configuration information about the PC. It contains all the code required for the CPU to communicate with the keyboard, mouse video display, disk drives and communications devices. When a PC is powered on it uses the BIOS ‘boot code’ to set up many required functions that bring the PC to a point where it is ready to work.

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1. How do I update drivers?

To update drivers for a motherboard, you should try to visit manufacturer’s web site, download a driver upgrade and follow the update instruction

2. Does my motherboard support an LS-120 floppy drive?

Normally motherboards that have a Phoenix BIOS and use either the Intel 430TX PCIset, Intel 440LX AGPset, Intel 440BX AGPset, or Intel 440EX AGPset chipset support booting from an LS-120 floppy drive.

Support for booting from an LS-120 floppy drive was added to the new version AMI BIOS based motherboards, you could visit the manufacturer’s web site to get detail information. You may need update your BIOS.

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