How a computer works the most important parts of a computer By Guadalupe Barrera And Marisol Villanueva

The Motherboard The motherboard is the Most important part of a computer. without the Motherboard the computer would never work, because what the Motherboard is it helps ALL the parts of a computer work. That is why the Motherboard is the important piece of a computer. Things can be saved on the computer, also it can be saved on a flash drive.

Expansion card An expansion card is a electronic board that is added to a computer. The expansion card considers to give new abilities to the computer, it also helps the computer in other things like internet, better on finding websites and going much faster. The expansion card is also called in other names like add-on card, expansion board, internal card, interface adapter or just a card. It has the ability to connect to another computer just by using a network cable. www.computerhope.com/ This is the expansion card

Floppy disk drive A floppy disk drive is something that enables to save the data on the diskettes on the computer. The first 8 inch fdd was in 1971. Today, many computers come with cd-r’s and with no floppy disk drive because people think the cd- r is more advanced and better than a floppy disk drive.

A heat sink is a electronic on the computer from keeping hot stuff from burning the computer in the inside. This electronic is a fan connected to the computer. There are two types of heat sinks there is a active and a passive. Active I a usable for really hot things that you use to much, a active fan is a good fan. A passive is 100% reliable in a computer.

Memory (Ram) This memory allows to save any information in a computer or a usb (a flash drive).The computer saves more quickly and better than a flash drive. However, the computer memory has a power to contain the data on the memory if the power is gone all the data will be lost. If you follow the things you will need to do and save the information it will be all commanded to be saved on the memory of the computer.

The Molex helps most of the pieces of the computer connect The Molex helps most of the pieces of the computer connect. Mostly in a computer there is four connectors for example: Pin wire color signal 1 yellow +12v 2 black ground 3 black ground 4 red +5v