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what is a motherboard mother board like when she tells that story that I've heard like a hundred times but when I was young and crying up the nose and and I just wish you'd stop telling that story ah that's a joke know where the CPU or the central processing unit is colloquially referred to as the brain of a PC the motherboard or the mainboard is often described as the backbone it's the component in a PC and for that matter pretty much any other electronic device whether it's a game console C II device a piece of industrial equipment or a cell phone that contains all the slots that everything else goes into alright so how do I find it well that's usually pretty easy because it's the largest PCB or printed circuit board inside the device and it's covered in slots connectors chips and other electronic doodads at it's very core a motherboard is just a bare PCB and contains no actual processing power it relies on other processors like the CPU and GPU which are sometimes socket it in and at other times soldered on directly to perform all of the actual work and give life to your device but that doesn't make it simple motherboard designers are tasked not with creating a simple platform onto which everything else will be stuck like Lego but rather with crafting and infrastructure for some of the fastest and most delicate electronics imaginable even though the majority of the other components used in the system aren't manufactured by the motherboard maker they are responsible often for choosing these components for their placement and configuration and making sure that every signal will be sent where it's needed interpreted correctly then passed to where it needs to go and all of this without excess interference even something as seemingly trivial as a single trace that's a little bit too long can cause one electrical signal to be a little bit late and another a little bit early and causing stability that's why you'll sometimes see little zigzag patterns and the traces on a PCB those aren't for beauty they're not for looks everything about a motherboard is highly functional a motherboard also isn't purely Hardware either there's a software or firmware component on a PC this is referred to as a BIOS or UEFI and is often the difference between a motherboard and a great motherboard this software acts as a way for the manufacturer to correct small bugs that are inevitable with something so complex and to add functionality in the future it also serves as a way for the user to alter settings or tweak them for optimal functionality on consumer electronics this software component also exists but it's normally not user accessible alright so what if my motherboard dies which might even be while you're sitting here watching this video well for consumer electronics and phones and whatnot you're often hooped if you can find a new one there are often extremely fragile cables and connectors attached to them and if you can't find a detailed guide on a site like I fix it for example I would recommend leaving it to the pros for a PC life is a bit simpler many pcs use industry standard components including the motherboard but many others use proprietary and expensive alternatives so the only way to find out for sure is to contact your manufacturer directly but there's a good chance that you'll be able to get your hands on something once you've got a new one replacing a PC motherboard is in many cases not difficult but it can be time-consuming and tedious and will usually involve removing pretty much every other component in its system in order to extract it and replace it the good news is you can check out one of the excellent PC build guides on my other channel and that will tell you pretty much everything you need to know about installing a motherboard any other questions you might have can likely be answered on the Linus tech tips comm forum where people are friendly and happy to help speaking of friendly and happy to help hotspot Shield take special 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