The motherboard is a technological marvel. It's a printed circuit board (PCB) with an array of components soldiered on top. The motherboard connects all components together, be it the RAM ...

While we wouldn’t want to document a computer motherboard with ASCII schematics, it’s great for a quick-and-dirty circuit diagrams. Not exactly schematics, but [Duckman] has some Arduino ...

while 3.3v and 5v are used by the chips and other motherboard components. Power supplies known as "switching" power supplies are commonly used. Their name is derived from the type of circuit used ...