can you list characteristics of motherboard components(in the baby AT
and ATX),and describe their functions(e.g. PCI slots, AGP..etc) then
choose one mother board and provide: cost,processor type,bus,
Operating system accepted, and anything pertinent? Well, i just need
about two to three pages, so do spend alot of time!!

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Request for Question Clarification by pinkfreud-ga on 05 Oct 2002 10:25 PDT

If you need two or three pages of writing on a technical subject, and
expect a researcher to spend a lot of time, you may want to consider
raising the price you've set.

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Clarification of Question by waleedy81-ga on 05 Oct 2002 11:59 PDT

Well, i just need you to list characteristics of motherboard
components, and describe the functions of those components,and then
choose one motherboard and provide its cost,processor type, bus,
operating System accepted, and anything else pertinent. You can do it
on only one page if you can! OH, i just saw my typo on the question, i
meant DO NOT SPEND A LOT OF TIME, sorry for that!

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Request for Question Clarification by maniac-ga on 05 Oct 2002 19:15 PDT

Hello Waleedy81,

There are several sites that describe motherboards and what go onto
them. For example:
  http://www.hwupgrade.com/motherboard/motherboard.html
has a good summary of the major components of a motherboard as well as
describing the differences (with pictures) of a few major PC
motherboard styles. Though in brief, a motherboard will have...
 - a clock and timers
 - one or more CPU's
 - memory
 - chips to coordinate operations (interrupts, I/O)
 - host / bridge interface chips
 - interfaces to other devices (e.g., disk, display, serial, parallel)
 - bus slots
 - connections for the power supply

Please note that many systems have a different set up. An explanation
about why you might built a system without a motherboard is at:
  http://www.itox.com/pages/news/MB-or-PB-web.cfm
which discusses the advantages of other solutions (e.g., passive rack
w/ single board computers).

For pricing, just about any business site will provide information
about the products they sell. At
  http://www.jncs.com/fpages/mb-tyan.htm
there are descriptions and prices listed for Tyan motherboards. Using
an example from that site, you can buy an ATX motherboard that can
support two Athlon processors, has 760/762 host bridge chip set, no
ISA card slots, 6 PCI slots, and an AGP slot, 4 memory slots, 2 USB
connectors, no VGA, no sound, supports IDE disks and is about $200.

If there is more that you need, try searching with phrases such as
  motherboard characteristics
and add phrases for the specific item you want described. (or make a
clarification request).

  --Maniac

Hello Waleedy81, 

Oops, my mistake. I posted the answer as a request for clarification.
Here it is in the right section.

There are several sites that describe motherboards and what go onto
them. For example:
  http://www.hwupgrade.com/motherboard/motherboard.html 
has a good summary of the major components of a motherboard as well as
describing the differences (with pictures) of a few major PC
motherboard styles. Though in brief, a motherboard will have...
 - a clock and timers 
 - one or more CPU's 
 - memory 
 - chips to coordinate operations (interrupts, I/O) 
 - host / bridge interface chips 
 - interfaces to other devices (e.g., disk, display, serial, parallel)
 - bus slots 
 - connections for the power supply 

Please note that many systems have a different set up. An explanation
about why you might built a system without a motherboard is at:
  http://www.itox.com/pages/news/MB-or-PB-web.cfm
which discusses the advantages of other solutions (e.g., passive rack
w/ single board computers).

For pricing, just about any business site will provide information
about the products they sell. At
  http://www.jncs.com/fpages/mb-tyan.htm 
there are descriptions and prices listed for Tyan motherboards. Using
an example from that site, you can buy an ATX motherboard that can
support two Athlon processors, has 760/762 host bridge chip set, no
ISA card slots, 6 PCI slots, and an AGP slot, 4 memory slots, 2 USB
connectors, no VGA, no sound, supports IDE disks and is about $200.

If there is more that you need, try searching with phrases such as 
  motherboard characteristics 
and add phrases for the specific item you want described. (or make a
clarification request).

  --Maniac