NVRAM????????

[Sweeper]

Working on friend PC I just noticed that while it does it's start-up process that it shows the systems RAM then proceeds to say NVRAM check SUCCESS.
then onto start up.
pulled the ram out it says PC100 and it's a 32meg stick. But what the heck is NVRAM?
system
333 celeron
32 meg SVRAM??? (SDRAM)??? pc100
win98
4-meg video card
pci modem
etc. etc.



[This message has been edited by Sweeper (edited 08-31-99).]

[philipg]

NV-RAM. This is Non-Volitile RAM -- it will not forget things, even when power is removed. NV-RAM is made with a variety of ways. Sometimes it is really EEPROM, but usually it is low-power dynamic RAM with an internal battery, or sometimes external circuitry and a battery. Sometimes it is just SRAM. So NV-RAM just means nonvolatile, and could be just about any type of memory.

Check out this site for further memory definitions.

http://www.mackido.com/Hardware/RAM.html .