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PC Hardware in a Nutshell, 3rd Edition
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PC Hardware in a Nutshell, 3rd Edition

by Robert Bruce Thompson, Barbara Fritchman Thompson
July 2003
Beginner to intermediate content levelBeginner to intermediate
874 pages
38h 13m
English
O'Reilly Media, Inc.
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Step 4: Install the Memory

Memory slots are always numbered, usually beginning with “0”, but sometimes with “1”. Always populate the memory slots from lowest to highest. That is, slot 0 should be occupied before you install a module in slot 1; both slots 0 and 1 should be occupied before you install a module in slot 2, and so on. This section illustrates installing PC133 SDR-SDRAM DIMMs in a D845WNL motherboard. Other modern memory modules—DDR-SDRAM DIMMs and Rambus RIMMs—are very similar physically and install the same way. For information about installing older-style memory, see Chapter 5.

To install the memory module, first pivot the plastic retaining arms on the DIMM socket away from the socket toward the motherboard. Align the keying notch(es) in the DIMM module with the corresponding keys in the memory slot, and the module itself with the slots in the side supports. These keying notches assure that you cannot install the proper module backward (because the keying notches are offset) and that you cannot install the wrong type of module (because SDR-SDRAM, DDR-SDRAM, and RDRAM all use different keying notch positions).

Once you have the module aligned with the slot, place one thumb on each end of the module and press straight down until the module seats in the slot, as shown in Figure 28-21. As the module seats, the retaining arms should be forced to the vertical position, as shown in Figure 28-22. If that doesn’t happen, it usually means that the module isn’t fully seated or ...

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