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PC Repair Chapter 4
PC Repair Chapter 4
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Computer Networking
Undergraduate 1
06/08/2010

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23. The PC needs to automatically detect any DIMM you have installed. It does this through the use of a unique chip called ____________________ installed on every DIMM stick. 

Definition
serial presence detect chip
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24. A special type of RAM called ____________________ is used for error checking on DRAM. 

Definition
Error Correction Code (ECC) RAM
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25. As SDRAM was not fast enough for the Pentium 4, ____________________ was developed.

Definition
Rambus DRAM
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26. Since RDRAM could be used only with Intel components, AMD developed ____________________.

Definition
Double Data Rate SDRAM (DDR)
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27. A passive device called ____________________ ensures that all RIMM slots are populated. 

Definition
continuity RIMM
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28. The ____________________ doubles the output of SDRAM by making two processes every clock cycle.

Definition
DDR SDRAM ??? (Check) p.126?
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29. DDR SDRAM for laptops comes in ____________________ or 172-pin micro DIMMs. 
________________________________________

Definition
200 pin DODIMMS
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30. The errors that the MCC detects from the parity or ECC chips are known as ____________________. 

Definition
real parity errors
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31. Solar flares, dust, and software problems are the source of ____________________ parity errors.

Definition
phantom
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32. The ____________________ stick is used in RDRAM. 

Definition
RIMM
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34. The two types of parity errors are ____________________ and ____________________.

Definition
real, phantom
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35. The ____________________ occurs when a Windows system locks up and shows a blue screen with an error message.

Definition
Blue Screen of Death
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36. A system with a 200-MHz RAM clock speed would require a PC speed rating of ____________________.

Definition
PC3200
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37. The _________________________ provides the system with all details about the DIMM, including its size and speed.

Definition
serial presence detect chip
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38. Bad RAM and parity errors can trigger a _________________________. 

Definition
NMI (non-maskable interrupt)
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39. DDR SDRAM doubles the ____________________ of SDRAM by making two processes for every clock cycle. 

Definition
throughput
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