Motherboard Attachment

There are two ways of connecting these ports to the motherboard (assuming the circuitry for
providing these functions is integrated into the motherboard).

The first, called a header connection, allows you to mount the ports into the computer’s case, usually on the backplane, with a special cable connected to a header, or male connector that terminates the motherboard’s traces for that function.

The second method of connecting a peripheral port is known as the direct-solder method.

With this method, the individual ports are soldered directly to the motherboard.

This method is used mostly in integrated motherboards in non-clone machines.

Notice that there is no cable between the port and the motherboard and that the port is part of the motherboard.

As discussed earlier, these onboard ports can be disabled in the BIOS setup if necessary.















Connecting a port to the header on a motherboard












Peripheral ports directly soldered to a motherboard