Mac Pro (Early 2008) Take Apart — Memory (DIMMs) and Memory Riser Cards 23
Memory (FB-DIMMs) and
Memory Riser Cards
The Mac Pro (Early 2008) computer has two memory riser cards with a total of 8 memory slots.
On each card, the slots are arranged as two banks of two slots each. The computer comes with
a minimum of 2 GB of memory, installed as a pair of 1 GB fully buered, dual inline memory
modules (FB-DIMMs) in two of the DIMM slots. Additional pairs of 1 GB, 2 GB, or 4 GB FB-DIMMs
can be installed in the open DIMM slots, as illustrated below. Maximum memory is 32 GB.
DIMMs must be installed as pairs of identical size and type, from the same vendor. In the
illustration below, like-colored DIMMs must match.