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Chapter 1: Product Introduction
Chapter 1
• Refertosection1.1.7 Onboard LEDs fortheexactlocationoftheDRAM_LED.
• TheDRAM_LEDalsolightsupwhentheDIMMisnotproperlyinstalled.Turnoffthe
systemandreinstalltheDIMMbeforeusingtheMemOK!function.
• TheMemOK!buttondoesnotfunctionunderWindows
®
OSenvironment.
• Duringthetuningprocess,thesystemloadsandtestsfailsafememorysettings.It
takesabout30secondsforthesystemtotestonesetoffailsafesettings.Ifthetest
fails,thesystemrebootsandtestthenextsetoffailsafesettings.Theblinkingspeed
oftheDRAM_LEDincreases,indicatingdifferenttestprocesses.
• Duetomemorytuningrequirement,thesystemautomaticallyrebootswheneach
timingsetistested.IftheinstalledDIMMsstillfailtobootafterthewholetuning
process,theDRAM_LEDlightscontinuously.ReplacetheDIMMswithones
recommendedintheMemoryQVL(QualiedVendorsLists)inthisusermanualorat
www.asus.com.
• IfyouturnoffthecomputerandreplaceDIMMsduringthetuningprocess,thesystem
continuesmemorytuningafterturningonthecomputer.Tostopmemorytuning,turn
offthecomputerandunplugthepowercordforabout5–10seconds.
• IfyoursystemfailstobootupduetoBIOSoverclocking,presstheMemOK!button
tobootandloadtheBIOSdefaultsettings.AmessagewillappearduringPOST
remindingyouthattheBIOShasbeenrestoredtoitsdefaultsettings.
• WerecommendthatyoudownloadandupdatetothelatestBIOSversionfrom

www.asus.comafterusingtheMemOK!function.
3. MemOK! button (MemOK!)
InstallingDIMMsthatarenotcompatiblewiththemotherboardmaycausesystem
bootfailure,andtheDRAM_LEDneartheMemOK!buttonlightscontinuously.Press
andholdtheMemOK!buttonuntiltheDRAM_LEDstartsblinkingtobeginautomatic
memorycompatibilitytuningforsuccessfulboot.