| Referring to memory slots, a bank is the smallest amount of memory that can be addressed by the processor at one time. When installing or upgrading memory, the instructions or documentation may refer to a bank. Below are the general configurations and explanations of banks relating to memory. When installing memory on a computer with a 80486 processor, because the 486 is a 32-bit processor, when installing 30-pin SIMMs, because a 30-PIN SIMM is 8-bits, you must install 4 SIMMs ( 8x4=32 ) at one time for the memory to properly work. When installing memory on a Pentium computer, because the processor is a 64-bit processor and 72-Pin SIMMs are 32-bit, you would need to install 2 SIMMs ( 2x32=64 ) at one time for the memory to properly work. Computers that utilize DIMMs,
RIMMs or later memory modules have banks that consist of one slot, therefore only require one module per slot. Also see: Memory definitions | |
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