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Memory Upgrade for Acer Aspire M3 AM3970 Series

Acer Aspire M3 AM3970 Series memory upgrade specification, Aspire M3 AM3970 Series maximum memory, memory speed, and memory upgrade options.

Upgrade memory on Acer Aspire M3 AM3970 Series upto a maximum of 16GB
PC3-8500/10600 DDR3 DIMM 240pin memory, with maximum 4GB per slot in 4 Sockets memory slots. The Acer Aspire M3 AM3970 Series takes the PC3-8500/10600 DDR3 DIMM 240pin memory Memory Type.

Acer Aspire M3 AM3970 Series Memory Upgrade Specification
Standard Memory Maximum Memory Memory Expansion CPU Type Model/Chipset
8GB (Removable) 16GB
PC3-8500/10600 DDR3 DIMM 240pin memory
4 Sockets Intel Core i3 dual core
 

Acer Aspire M3 AM3970 Series 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 Aspire M3 AM3970 Series has 4 Sockets 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.