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Memory Upgrade for Acer Altos G540-E5405

Acer Altos G540-E5405 memory upgrade specification, Altos G540-E5405 maximum memory, memory speed, and memory upgrade options.

Upgrade memory on Acer Altos G540-E5405 upto a maximum of 16GB
PC2-5300 DDR2-667 240pin Fully Buffered ECC SDRAM DIMM, with maximum 2GB per slot in 8 (4 banks of 2) memory slots. The Acer Altos G540-E5405 takes the PC2-5300 DDR2-667 240pin Fully Buffered ECC SDRAM DIMM Memory Type.

Acer Altos G540-E5405 Memory Upgrade Specification
Standard Memory Maximum Memory Memory Expansion CPU Type Model/Chipset
1GB 16GB
PC2-5300 DDR2-667 240pin Fully Buffered ECC SDRAM DIMM
8 (4 banks of 2) Intel Quad-Core Xeon E5405 (2GHz) Processor
 

Acer Altos G540-E5405 Memory Upgrade options.

What are memory sockets or slots and how are these divided into bank?

 

Memory Sockets or Slots are the place where memory RAM modules are inserted in the motherboard. The Acer Altos G540-E5405 has 8 (4 banks of 2) memory expansion slots. A memory bank is a group of memory expansion sockets, a bank must be completely filled with memory modules of the same size and type in order for the system to recognize and address the memory. i.e. :

2 sockets (2 banks of 1) This indicates that there are 2 memory slots. These are divided into 2 banks, and each bank consists of one memory slot. So you can add memory one piece at a time for the system to use.

3 sockets (3 banks of 1) This indicates that there are 3 memory slots. These are divided into 3 banks, and each bank consists of one memory slot. So you can add memory one piece at a time for the system to use.

4 sockets (2 banks of 2) This indicates that there are 4 memory slots. These are divided into 2 banks, and each bank consists of two memory slots. So you must add memory two pieces at a time (they must be the same size and type of memory) in order for the system to benefit from the upgrade.

8 sockets (4 banks of 2) This indicates that there are 8 memory slots. These are divided into 4 banks, and each bank consists of two memory slots. So you must add memory two pieces at a time (they must be the same size and type of memory) in order for the system to benefit from the upgrade.

12 sockets (3 banks of 4) This indicates that there are 12 memory slots. These are divided into 3 banks, and each bank consists of four memory slots. So you must add memory four pieces at a time (and they must be the same size and type of memory) in order for the system to benefit from the upgrade.