Chapter 4. RAM

This chapter covers the following A+ exam topics:

Image RAM Basics and Types of RAM

Image Installing and Troubleshooting DRAM

You can find a master list of A+ exam topics in the “Introduction.”

This chapter covers CompTIA A+ 220-901 objectives 1.3 and 4.1.

When people talk about the RAM in their computer, they are almost always referring to the “sticks” of memory that are installed into the motherboard. This is known as Dynamic Random Access Memory (DRAM), or main memory, and often comes in capacities of 1, 2, 4, 8 GB, or more. This type of ...

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