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Memory Upgrade for Toshiba Satellite A20 Small Business Series
Toshiba Satellite A20 Small Business Series memory upgrade specification, Satellite A20 Small Business Series maximum memory, memory speed, and memory upgrade options.
Upgrade memory on Toshiba Satellite A20 Small Business Series upto a maximum of 2.0 GB
PC2100 DDR SDRAM SODIMMs, with maximum 1GB per slot in 2 memory slots. The Toshiba Satellite A20 Small Business Series takes the PC2100 DDR SDRAM SODIMMs Memory Type.
| Toshiba Satellite A20 Small Business Series Memory Upgrade Specification | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard Memory | Maximum Memory | Memory Expansion | CPU Type | Model/Chipset |
| 512 MB = 256 MB (removable) + 256 MB (removable) | 2.0 GB PC2100 DDR SDRAM SODIMMs |
2 sockets | 2.66GHz Intel Pentium 4 | 533MHz FSB, Ali M1672 + M1535 Chipset |
Toshiba Satellite A20 Small Business 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 Toshiba Satellite A20 Small Business Series has 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.
