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ROM chips are designed to hold instructions for the computer to perform when it's first switched on. This includes important operations such as...
Check the computer's components are working
Start the hard drive spinning
Read the operating system into RAM
That's just a few of the most important tasks. RAM chips lose their information when the computer is switched off. ROM chips are semi-permanent - meaning the data they hold cannot be erased or over-written easily.
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What chip that holds information that cannot be changed?
ROM Chips. Read Only Memory.
Why would ROM chips be good to put in toys?
ROM chips are found not only in computers; many appliances and even toys contain ROM chips. toys contain ROM chips.
ROM bios chips that can be upgraded without replacing the chips are called?
They are called eproms or eeproms
These types of chips have programs built into them at factory?
ROM chips.
ROM BIOS or firmware chips that can be upgraded without replacing the chips are called?
Read Only Memory(ROM) Basic Input Output System(BIOS) or firmware chips are "Electrically Erasable and Programmable Read Only Memory(EEPROM)" chips, these kind of chips can be upgraded by flashing.
What are Programs stored on rom chips are called?
Programs stored on ROM chips are called firmware. The motherboard stores the keyboard controller support program on the ROM chip.
What is the organization of an 8x2 ROM chips?
It is 16.
What type of information is kept in a ROM and how does that information originally gets into the memory?
There are devices which can write to EPRROM chips <blanks, or unprogrammed chips> that will be able to "flash" or "cook" the ram chip with it's initial load, then it's hard written on there. Will not be able to be changed again under most circumstances. In the strict sense, a true ROM chip is manufactured with the data on it and is unable to be changed at all.
What are Memory chips that store permanent data and instructions- the data cannot be modified?
chips with memories are worrying. don't eat them or they will lose their memory!
How is data stored into the ROM chips?
ROM is Read Only Memory. Normally, data is fabricated into the ROM chips by the semiconductor manufacturer. Special mask(s) have to be made to store this data. Besides ROM chips there are PROM chips, where P stands for Programmable. In these chips, data can be stored by the end user. EPROM is Erasable PROM. A new type of ROM is OTP ROM (One Time Programmable).
How do you use GameShark ROM?
You cant
Which consist of nonvolatile chips 1. rom 2. flash memory 3. ram?
Flash memory and Rom I think
