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"Small Outline" Dual Inline Memory Module
Used By Laptops |
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| SIMMs Measure their speed in these units |
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| 60, 70, or 80 nanoseconds access time. |
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| Single Inline Memory Module |
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| When Windows runs out of memory it gives this error or slows to a "painful" crawl. |
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| How Many pins does a DDR3 DIMM have? (Same # as DDR2) |
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| How Many Pins Does a DDR2 DIMM have? (Same # as DDR3) |
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| How Many pins are on a DDR DIMM? |
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| How Many pins does a SDRAM DIMM have? How Many "offset notches" does it have? |
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| 168 Pins 2 offset notches |
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| How Many Pins Does a RIMM have? How many Offset Notches? |
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| 184 Pins and 2 offset notches. |
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| How Many pins do SIMMs have (Both Varieties)? |
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| How Many 30-Pin SIMMs must be installed in a memory bank? |
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| 4 SIMMs of THIS type must be installed. |
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| How many 72-pin SIMMs must be installed in a memory bank? |
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| 2 SIMMs of this type must be installed. |
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| How many offset notches do DDR3, DDR2, DDR have? |
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| These DIMMs have 1 offset notch though its position varies on each variety. |
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| Edge Connectors (and the slots they connect to) are made of either of these metals. |
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| Tin or Gold, don't let them touch or corrosion occurs. |
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| What advantage does SDRAM have over SIMMs? |
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| IT was synchronized with the system clock which allowed for faster memory access than a SIMM. |
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| What Advantage did DDR RAM have over SDRAM? |
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| IT was able to perform two memory accesses per system clock cycle compared to SDRAM. |
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| DDR3 Uses less voltage than this earlier generation technology. |
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| DDR2 uses more voltage than this later generation technology. |
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| A DIMM is advertised as "64Meg x72," how much memory does this unit hold? What does x72 mean? |
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| This unit would hold 576MB. x72 represents the data path of 72 bits. |
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| If memory is advertised as "64Meg x72," what is the formula for how much memory this holds in megabytes? |
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| (Meg x datapath)/8 [number of bits in a byte] is the formula for this. |
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| DIMM has memory on both sides it is... |
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| This unit would be called "double sided" |
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| This Type of DIMM supports triple channeling. |
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| DDR3 supports this type of channeling. |
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