Review Questions 1. What two factors determine the frequency of the CPU?

The two factors that determine the frequency of the CPU are the system bus frequency and the multiplier. 2. Why is overclocking not recommended by manufacturer? Overclocking is not recommended by the manufacturer because they would be more likely to overheat or kill components of their systems than to get any noticeable benefit. 3. Why might a specialized cooler be required to overclock a computer? It is might require a specialized cooler to overclock a computer because the processor reaches high temperatures that might burn it permanently. 4. Why is it safer to overclock a CPU by changing the multiplier? It is safer to overclock a CPU by changing the multiplier because it reduces the load. 5. Based on your temperature and stability finding, do you think you could clocked your system without a causing a problem? A stable overclock has no problems. If it encounters a problem it may not be stable or there are some problems in the CPU.

Review Questions 1. Why might you want to upgrade RAM on a system? To upgrade the systems speed and performance. 2. How many pins on the different types of DIMMs? DIMMs have 168, 184, or 240 pins on the edge connector of the board and can hold from 8MB to 2GB of RAM 3. Which is more expensive DDR-DIMM or RIMM? RIMMs are more expensive than DDR-DIMM 4. What is a disadvantage of using two 312 MB modules instead of a single 1GB module in a system with three slots for memory modules? There is none, other than the fact that you are taking up motherboard slots for future upgrades. 5. What are two disadvantages of using only one 2 GB module rather than 1 GB modules? 1) Redundancy: a failure in a single 256MB is critical where as a failure in either 128MB module leaves you at half capacity. 2) Speed: accessing two separate devices is usually quicker than accessing a single device. However up sides to the single module is a usually cost and free slots to expand further.