UPGRADING REPAIRING PCs
UPGRADING REPAIRING PCs
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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 />
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TYP<br />
The following features are common to all DIMMs:<br />
• Three edge connectors of varying widths for positive keying<br />
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TYP<br />
• Different pinouts on each side of the DIMM<br />
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(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