Owner`s manual
Table Of Contents
- About Your System
- Using the System Setup Program
- Installing System Components
- Recommended Tools
- Inside the System
- Opening the System
- Closing the System
- Front Drive Bezel
- Removing and Inserting Blank Drive Inserts
- Diskette Drive
- Optical and Tape Drives
- Hard Drives
- Expansion Cards
- Memory
- Microprocessor
- Cooling Fans
- System Battery
- Power Supply
- Chassis Intrusion Switch
- Bezel
- I/O Panel Assembly
- System Board
- Troubleshooting Your System
- Safety First-For You and Your System
- Start-Up Routine
- Checking the Equipment
- Troubleshooting the Keyboard or Mouse
- Troubleshooting Serial I/O Problems
- Troubleshooting a NIC
- Troubleshooting a Wet System
- Troubleshooting a Damaged System
- Troubleshooting the System Battery
- Troubleshooting Power Supply
- Troubleshooting System Cooling Problems
- Troubleshooting System Memory
- Troubleshooting a Diskette Drive
- Troubleshooting an Optical Drive
- Troubleshooting an External SCSI Tape Drive
- Troubleshooting a Hard Drive
- Troubleshooting a SAS or SAS RAID Controller
- Troubleshooting Expansion Cards
- Troubleshooting the Microprocessor
- Running the System Diagnostics
- Jumpers and Connectors
- Getting Help
- Glossary
- Index
Installing System Components 77
Addressing Memory With 8-GB Configurations (Microsoft
®
Windows
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Operating System Only)
Your system supports a maximum of 8 GB of memory using four 2-GB
memory modules. Current operating systems can use a maximum of 8 GB of
address space; however, the amount of memory available to the operating
system is slightly less than 8 GB.
NOTE: Depending on the type of PCI/PCIe expansion cards that are installed in
your system, your system may only support a maximum of 7.4 GB of memory or less.
The following components require address space:
• System ROM
• Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controllers (APIC)
Table 3-2. Memory Configuration Guidelines
Total Memory DIMM_1A DIMM_1B DIMM_2A DIMM_2B
512 MB 512 MB none none none
1 GB 1 GB none none none
2 GB 2 GB none none none
1 GB 512 MB 512 MB none none
2 GB 512 MB 512 MB 512 MB 512 MB
2 GB 1 GB 1 GB none none
3 GB 1 GB 1 GB 512 MB 512 MB
3 GB 512 MB 512 MB 1 GB 1 GB
4 GB 2 GB 2 GB none none
4 GB 1 GB 1 GB 1 GB 1 GB
5 GB 2 GB 2 GB 512 MB 512 MB
5 GB 512 MB 512 MB 2 GB 2 GB
6 GB 2 GB 2 GB 1 GB 1 GB
6 GB 1 GB 1 GB 2 GB 2 GB
8 GB 2 GB 2 GB 2 GB 2 GB
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