Basic computing unit 3

This kind of memory contains all the instructions your computer needs to activate itself when you switch on. Unlike RAM, its contents are retained when you switch off[r]

Lesson 5

Look at the picture and label the components

expansion cards memory chip

power supply

hard disk drive

floppy drive

motherboard

speaker

a b c d e f g h memory chip expansion cards power supply hard disk drive floppy drive motherboard speaker processor hoàng Tuấn 10

1) CPU

2) Memory Slot 3) PCI Slot

4) AGP Slot

5) Power Supply Plugin 6) CMOS Battery

7) ISA Slot

8) IDE controller (hard drive, CD-ROM)

9) CPU fan plug-in 10) PS/2 Port

(keyboard/mouse) 11) USB

Reading

SIMM ROM

CPU Cache

memory Expansion

SIMMs

These are memory chips The more you have, the more work you can at a time Empty memory slots mean you can add more memory.

Single In-line Memory Module

- chip (n) = integrated chip = IC /ˈɪntɪɡreɪtɪd/

- empty (adj) /ˈempt/ - slot (n)

Cache memory

It’s part of the memory store It has extremely fast access It’s faster than normal RAM It can speed up the computer.

- extremely (adv) /ɪkˈstriːmli/

- access (n), (v) /ˈækses/ - speed up (v)

- RAM (Random Access Memory)

Expansion slots

These let you add features such as sound or a modem to a

computer. - add (v)

- feature (n) /ˈfiːtʃər/

ROM (Read Only Memory

This kind of memory contains all the instructions your computer needs to activate itself when you switch on Unlike RAM, its contents are retained when you switch off (constant information)

- contain (v) /kənˈteɪn/  container (n)

- activate (v) /ˈæktɪveɪt/

- switch on >< switch off (v) - content (n) /ˈkɒntent /

- retain (v) /rɪˈteɪn/

Add the processor

Fit the new motherboard

Remove the old motherboard Put it back together

Add the memory Don’t touch the

A memory cache, sometmes called a cache store

or RAM cache, is a porton of memory made of high-speed statc RAM (SRAM) instead of the

slower and cheaper dynamic RAM (DRAM) used for main memory Memory caching is effectve because most programs access the same data or instructons over and over By keeping as much of this informaton as possible in SRAM, the