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Chapter 2—System Components and Configuration<br />

systems require BIOS configuration to optimize performance if you<br />

install EDO memory (see Figure 2.8).<br />

.125 (3.18)<br />

TYP<br />

.250<br />

(6.35)<br />

.080 (2.03)<br />

PIN 1<br />

1.75 (44.45) TYP<br />

4.260 (108.20)<br />

4.240 (107.70)<br />

.250 (6.35)<br />

3.75 (95.25)<br />

Figure 2.8 A typical 72-pin SIMM, although the dimensions would be<br />

the same for 32-bit.<br />

DIMMs<br />

DIMMs became popular with the rise of the Pentium II/III/Celeron<br />

family of processors—AMD’s Athlon series—and can also be found<br />

on many late-model Pentium and “Super Socket 7” motherboards<br />

used with AMD K6-series and Cyrix 6x86MX/MII processors (see<br />

Figure 2.9). DIMMs are the most popular and fastest type of memory<br />

module in widespread use. Most DIMMs are Synchronous<br />

DRAM (SDRAM). On motherboards with both SIMM and DIMM<br />

sockets, SDRAMs cannot be used in conjunction with SIMMs, but<br />

the relatively rare EDO DIMMs can be used along with EDO<br />

SIMMs.<br />

.050 (1.27)<br />

TYP<br />

The following features are common to all DIMMs:<br />

• Three edge connectors of varying widths for positive keying<br />

.040 (1.02)<br />

TYP<br />

• Different pinouts on each side of the DIMM<br />

.079 (2.00) R<br />

(2X)<br />

.118 (3.00) R<br />

(2X)<br />

.118 (3.00) TYP<br />

.118 (3.00)<br />

TYP<br />

FRONT VIEW<br />

5.260 (133.80)<br />

5.240 (133.00)<br />

.250 (6.35) TYP<br />

1.661 (42.18)<br />

.039 (1.00)R (2X)<br />

.39 (1.27)<br />

2.625 (66.68)<br />

TYP<br />

PIN 1 (PIN 85 ON BACKSIDE)<br />

4.550 (115.57)<br />

.050 (1.27)<br />

TYP<br />

+<br />

.133 (3.38)<br />

TYP<br />

.235 (5.97)<br />

MIN<br />

1.010 (25.65)<br />

.990 (25.15)<br />

.400 (10.16)<br />

TYP<br />

– 1.260 (32.00)<br />

1240 (31.50)<br />

.700 (17.7B)<br />

TYP<br />

.128 (3.25)<br />

.118 (3.00) (2x)<br />

PIN 84 (PIN 168 ON BACKSIDE)<br />

.350 (8.98)<br />

MAX<br />

.054 (1.37)<br />

.047 (1.19)<br />

.350 (8.89)<br />

MAX<br />

.054 (1.37)<br />

.046 (1.17)<br />

Figure 2.9 A typical 168-pin DIMM. The one shown here is 72-bit,<br />

although the dimensions would be the same for 64-bit.<br />

RDRAM<br />

The RDRAM, or Rambus DRAM, is a radical new memory design that<br />

is slowly appearing in high-end PC systems that use Intel chipsets.<br />

RDRAM differs from previous memory devices in that it provides<br />

multiple high-speed (800MHz), narrow-channel (16-bit–wide) data

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