IO chip and clock chip on the computer motherboard

Last Update Time: 2019-02-14 10:55:13

1. IO chip

IO is the abbreviation of input / output manager. It mainly provides a series of input and output interfaces for users. Some IO chips integrate temperature monitoring and voltage monitoring functions at the same time. Common P/S2 interface, serial port, parallel port, front panel, fan and other unified by the IO chip control. Mainboard maintenance common IO chip brands are Winbond,iTE,Fintek,SMSC,nuvoTon Technology (see Fig.1).

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              (aWinbond IO chip     biTE IO chip            cFintek IO chip

            

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                                            (dSMSC IO chip        (enuvoTon IO chip

                              Fig.1 IO chip

 

When replacing 1O chips in mainboard maintenance, attention should be paid to whether or not they are special to some motherboard manufacturers. For example, Huabang, Inc. 10 chips to see the last model-A is Asus dedicated (see Fig.2)

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Fig.2 ASUS special IO chip

 

2.Clock chip

 Clock chip is used to generate different clock signals, to provide reference for each device, so that the equipment on the motherboard can work in a unified and coordinated manner. The clock chip is equivalent to the heart of the human body. If the clock chip is damaged, it will cause the motherboard to have no reset, no running code, no crash and so on. The clock chip in the motherboard is connected to the 14.318MHz crystal oscillator, as shown in figure 3.

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Fig.3 Clock circuit composition diagram


WINBOND, ICS, and RTM, are commonly seen in the main board as shown in figure 4. nVIDIA chipset motherboard, after Intel single-bridge H67 chipset motherboard, AMD single-bridge motherboard has no clock chip, clock function is mainly integrated in the bridge chip.

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          aWinbond clock chip   bICS clock chip            c)RTM clock chip

                          Fig.4 Clock chip diagram            

 

If you want to know more, our website has product specifications for the chips, you can go to www.allicdata.com  to get more information.