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Memory Upgrade for Gateway ALR 9250R 550

Gateway ALR 9250R 550 memory upgrade specification, ALR 9250R 550 maximum memory, memory speed, and memory upgrade options.

Upgrade memory on Gateway ALR 9250R 550 upto a maximum of 4.0 GB
EDO ECC DIMMs, with maximum 256MB per slot in 16 (4 banks of 4) memory slots. The Gateway ALR 9250R 550 takes the EDO ECC DIMMs Memory Type.

Gateway ALR 9250R 550 Memory Upgrade Specification
Standard Memory Maximum Memory Memory Expansion CPU Type Model/Chipset
256 MB (removable) 4.0 GB
EDO ECC DIMMs
16 sockets (4 banks of 4) 550MHz Intel Pentium III Xeon w/512KB cache Rack-Mounted Enterprise-Class Server
 

Gateway ALR 9250R 550 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 Gateway ALR 9250R 550 has 16 (4 banks of 4) 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.