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Stabilizing 4-bank interleave

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Yes, I do know that they're different. It just looks to me like they are being used interchangably here. I know the difference between Mbps and MBps in the data transfer world. How does a "16MB" module differ from a "16Mbit" module here?

I'll have to shut down sometime and try to get at the RAM; it's nestled in pretty tightly with a mess of cables. 😀
 
b is bit, B is byte.

64Mb = 8MB.

8 chips of 64Mb is 64MB, a single side 64MB sdram dimm using such chips can do 4-bank interleaving already.

again, this bank is not that "bank".

that "bank" is about how many sides of dimm the memory controller in the chipset can support.
1 dimm has 2 banks.
some support 8 banks = 4 dimm slots, some support 6 banks = 3 dimm slots, etc.

some motherboards have 4 dimm slots but with chipset only supports 6 banks, so you've to use 2 double side dimm and 2 single side dimm to fill up all the slots.

 
Ok, think it's starting to make more sense. I think...
So, each chip on the RAM is 16MB, making it equal to 128Mbit, correct?

I had an Epox board like that - 4 RAM slots, but it couldn't use double sided in all of them. From what I read in the manual, the AK35GTR can support 8 banks of memory.
There's a new BIOS out for this board too; I'm going to see if that has any effect.
 
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