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___________RAM is called that because it holds its data as long as the RAM has power.
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when the power is turned off, both SRAM and DRAM lose all their data, and are therefore called
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Chapter 7 Memory upg
MEMORY TECHNOLOGIES
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| ___________RAM is called that because it holds its data as long as the RAM has power. | Static |
| when the power is turned off, both SRAM and DRAM lose all their data, and are therefore called | volatile memory |
| ________ RAM loses its data rapidly, and the memory controller must refresh it several thousand times a second | Dynamic |
| The major differences among DIMM, SO-DIMM, RIMM, and SIMM modules are | the width of the data path that each type of module accommodates and the way data moves from the system bus to the module |
| 240-pin ________DIMM is currently the fastest memory. It can support triple or dual channels or be installed as a single DIMM. It has an offset notch farther from the center than a DDR2 DIMM. | DDR3 |
| 240-pin __________DIMM can support dual channels or be installed as a single DIMM. Has one notch near the center of the edge connector and uses less power than DDR | DDR2 |
| 184-pin _____________ DIMM can support dual channels or be installed as a single DIMM. Has one offset notch and runs twice as fast as regular SDRAM. | DDR |
| 168-pin_________DIMM has two notches on the module. The positions of these notches depend on the memory features the DIMM uses. The first DIMM to run synchronized with the system clock. | SDRAM |
| ______ has 184 pins and two notches near the center of the edge connector. | RIMM or Direct Rambus DRAM (sometimes called RDRAM or Direct RDRAM or simply Rambus |
| ________must be installed two modules to a bank of memory. | 72-pin SIMM |
| ________must be installed four modules to a bank of memory. | 30-pin SIMM |
| SDRAM, DDR, DDR2, DDR3,(DIMMs) use a | 64-bit data path |
| A DIMM can have memory chips installed on one side of the module or both sides of the module called | single-sided or double-sided |
| A _______is the memory a processor addresses at one time and is 64 bits wide. Because DIMMs use a 64-bit data path, it takes only a single DIMM to provide one memory bank to the processor. | memory bank |
| DIMMs can always be installed as single DIMMs on a motherboard. However, some double-sided DIMMs provide more than one bank, which means the chips on the DIMM are grouped so that the memory controller | addresses one group and then addresses another |
| Double-sided DIMMs that provide two 64-bit banks are said to be | dual ranked |
| Singlesided DIMMs are always single ranked, meaning they provide only one | 64-bit bank |
| remember that double sided refers to the physical location of the chips on the DIMM, and . | dual ranked refers to how the memory on the DIMM is addressed |
| SINGLE, DUAL, AND TRIPLE CHANNELS have to do with how many _________the memory controller can address at a time | DIMM slots |
| When setting up dual channeling, know that the pair of DIMMs in a channel must be equally matched | in size, speed, and features, and it is recommended they come from the same manufacturer. |
| DIMM speeds are measured either in | MHz (such as 800 MHz) or PC rating (such as PC6400). |
| A__________is a measure of the total bandwidth of data moving between the module and the CPU. | PC rating |
| The data path width for DIMMs is normally 64 bits, but with ECC, the data path is | 72 bits. The extra 8 bits are used for error checking. |
| Older SIMMs used an error-checking technology called parity. Using parity checking, | 9 bits (8 bits for data and 1 bit for parity) |
| A parity error always causes the system to halt. On the screen, you see the error message “Parity Error 1” or “Parity Error 2” or a similar error message about parity. | Parity Error 1 is a parity error on the motherboard; Parity Error 2 is a parity error on an expansion card |
| A_________DIMM hold data and amplify a signal just before the data is written to the module. | Buffers and registers |
| A ____________ uses an advanced buffering technique that makes it possible for servers to support a large number of DIMMs. | fully buffered DIMM (FB-DIMM) |
| Two other memory features are CAS Latency and RAS Latency. Both features refer to the number of clock cycles it takes to write or read a column or row of data off a memory module. | Lower values are better than higher ones. For example, CL8 is a little faster than CL9. CAS Latency is sometimes written as CL, and RAS Latency might be written as RL. |
| RIMMs that use a 32-bit data bus have a single notch and 232 pins. can support | dual channels and can be ECC or non-ECC. slots. If a slot does not hold a RIMM, it must hold a placeholder module called a C-RIMM (Continuity RIMM) to ensure continuity throughout all slots |
| Two major categories of SIMMs are | 72-pin SIMMs and 30-pin SIMMs. SIMMs are rated by speed, measured in nanoseconds (ns). |
| The 72-pin SIMMs use a data path of 32 bits. Because processors expect to address 64 bits of memory at a time (one memory bank), 72-pin SIMMs are installed in | matching pairs. |
| 30-pin SIMMs use a 16-bit address bus, and, therefore, must be installed in | four matching modules per bank to accommodate a 64-bit address bus to the processor |
| Technologies used by SIMMs that must match up with what that old motherboard supports: | FPM (fast page memory, EDO (extended data out AND Burst EDO (BEDO) |
| A DIMM technology that declares to system BIOS at startup the module’s size, speed, voltage, and data path width is called | Serial Presence Detect (SPD) .If the DIMM does not support SPD, the system might not boot or boot with errors. Today’s memory always supports SPD. |
| Issues with memory modules can cause a variety of problems, including boot failure; errors that cause the system to hang, freeze, or become unstable; and intermittent application errors. In Windows, memory errors can cause frequent | General Protection Fault (GPF) errors |
| When upgrading memory, use the type, size, and speed the motherboard supports and match new modules to those already installed. Features to match include buffered, registered, unbuffered, single-sided, double-sided, CL rating, | tin or gold connectors, support for dual or triple channeling, ECC, non-ECC, parity, nonparity, speed in ns, MHz, or PC rating, DDR, DDR2, DDR3, and size in MB or GB. Using memory made by the same manufacturer is recommended |
| When troubleshooting Windows memory errors, know the problems might be caused by a | virus, Windows corruption, application corruption, failing hardware device, memory modules not seated properly, or failing memory modules |
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