Asus Z10PE-D8 WS - 2.4.3 Installing a DIMM on a Single Clip DIMM Socket

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Chapter 2: Hardware information
2.4.3 Installing a DIMM on a single clip DIMM socket
3. HoldtheDIMMatbothendstheninsert
theDIMMintothesocket.Applyforceto
bothendsoftheDIMMsimultaneously
until the retaining clip clicks into place
andtheDIMMisseatedsecurelyin
place.
Locked Retaining Clip
1. Press the retaining clip outward to
unlocktheDIMMsocket.
2. AlignaDIMMonthesocketsuchthat
thenotchontheDIMMmatchesthe
DIMMslotkeyonthesocket.
Unlocked retaining clip
DIMM notch
DIMM slot key
1. Press the retaining clip outward to
unlocktheDIMM.
2. RemovetheDIMMfromthesocket.
Removing a DIMM from a single clip DIMM socket
• ToinstalltwoormoreDIMMs,refertotheuserguidebundledwiththemotherboard
package.
• Refertotheuserguideforqualiedvendorlistsofthememorymodules.
SupporttheDIMMlightlywithyourngerswhenpressingtheretainingclips.TheDIMM
mightgetdamagedwhenitipsoutwithextraforce.
AlwaysinserttheDIMMintothesocketVERTICALLYtopreventDIMMnotchdamage.
ADIMMiskeyedwithanotchsothatittsinonlyonedirection.DONOTforceaDIMMinto
asocketinthewrongdirectiontoavoiddamagingtheDIMM.