Instruction Manual

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2.4 System memory

2.4.1 Overview

The motherboard comes with twelve (12) Double Data Rate 3 (DDR3) Dual Inline

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:

2.4.2 Memory Congurations

You may install 1 GB, 2 GB, 4 GB,or 8 GB Registerd or Unbuffered with ECC/Non-

ECC DDR3 DIMMs into the DIMM sockets using the memory congurations in this

section.

Always install DIMMs with the same CAS latency. For optimum compatibility, it

is recommended that you obtain memory modules from the same vendor.

Memory population table

CPU 1 Conguration

DIMM_A2 DIMM_A1 DIMM_B2 DIMM_B1 DIMM_C2 DIMM_C1

1 DIMMs

-- -- -- -- --

2 DIMMs

-- -- -- --

3 DIMMs

-- -- --

4 DIMMs

-- --

6 DIMMs

CPU 2 Conguration

DIMM_D2 DIMM_D1 DIMM_E2 DIMM_E1 DIMM_F2 DIMM_F1