5. A "Motherboard"

  1. No. The motherboard does not contain such things as hard drives, external removable drives, monitors, keyboards, etc.

  2. Correct. All devices interface through ports that lead to the motherboard, and all other components will be part of the motherboard.

  3. No. You may want lots of expansion slots, but some motherboards may only have as few as 4 expansion slots.

  4. No. IDE is nice, but is not a law.

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