2-10 Chapter 2: Hardware information
Chapter 2
2.4 System memory
2.4.1 Overview
The motherboard comes with four Double Data Rate 3 (DDR3) Dual In-line Memory Modules
(DIMM) sockets.
A DDR3 module has the same physical dimensions as a DDR2 DIMM but is notched
differently to prevent installation on a DDR2 DIMM socket. DDR3 modules are developed for
better performance with less power consumption.
The gure illustrates the location of the DDR3 DIMM sockets:
Recommended memory congurations
One DIMM:
Install only one memory module in slot
A1
or
B1
as a single-channel operation.
Four DIMMs (dual-channel operation):Two DIMMs (dual-channel operation):
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