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Chapter 7: Adding or Replacing Components

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RIMMs

A RIMM has a metal cover on one or both sides of the module.

C-RIMMs

A C-RIMM does not have a metal cover on either side of the module. C-RIMMs
are placeholders that let the memory modules work.

Tips & Tricks

Identifying identical RIMMs

Each memory module bank must contain identical RIMMs.

Identical RIMMs

must share the same five specifications shown in the example below.

64MB/8 ECC
RAMBUS 800-45

Module Memory
Capacity

Number of RDRAMs

ECC Support: (blank = no ECC support

ECC = ECC support)

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RAC

Memory Speed