Chapter 5

RAM

Lab Exercises

5.01      Determining the Amount of RAM in a PC

5.02      Identifying Types of RAM

5.03      Removing and Installing RAM

5.04      Exploring RAM Specifications with CPU-Z

Lab Analysis Test

Key Term Quiz

 

One of the easiest and most cost-effective upgrades you can make to a PC is to add more memory. As such, you’ll perform many RAM installations as a PC tech—get used to it.

RAM installation tasks include determining how much RAM the PC has installed, determining how much RAM the PC can support, determining what type of RAM it uses, and then physically installing the RAM on the motherboard. The following labs are designed to help you practice working with RAM by using visual recognition of the different types and packages ...

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