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Motherboard Form Factors Types of Form Factors AT Baby AT LPX ATX NLX SPX AT Specifications from the system board used by IBM in the first IBM PC/AT system One external connector for the keyboard. Largest system board form factor: 13.8x12 inches. Benefits Allows for eight (8) Card/Edge Connector slots I/O ports designed as headers on the system board. Cables run between the header and the chassis, allowing this board to be used in a wide variety of chassis designs. Restrictions Requires the larger-sized cases Memory sockets interfere with the full-length adapter cards Extra I/O cables create their own problems I/O cable problems Internal cables consume space Generate some radio frequency interference Port failure may be at the header on the system board or in the cable itself Expansion cards go into system bus slots on the motherboard for the AT or ATX motherboards, Expansion boards perpendicular to the motherboard for the AT and ATX. Baby AT Baby AT All of the AT technology into a smaller system board Shares the same dimensions with the original XT board To avoid confusion whether the board was 8-bit or 16-bit technology, the name Baby AT was used instead of XT form factor. Benefits Lower cost when compared to the AT form factor Smaller footprint, and the I/O ports remained as headers. The smaller design of the board allowed for smaller-designed cases. Baby AT (cont) Based on the full AT style but shortened on one dimension. Can be used in the larger AT style chassis Full AT/Tower power supply will not fit into the Baby-AT chassis AT RPL Substitution When a full-sized AT board needs replaced, the board may be replaced with either another AT board or with a Baby AT board as the Card/Edge Connectors and the keyboard connection are in the same place on both boards. However, a Baby AT in a case built to the dimensions of the Baby AT board cannot be replaced by the larger AT board. The bigger board just does not fit into the smaller case. Restrict