Asus Motherboard P5VDC-MX - Manual (Page 27)

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1.7 System memory
1.7.1 1.7.1 1.7.1 1.7.1 1.7.1 Overview Overview Overview Overview Overview
The motherboard comes with two 240-pin Double Data Rate (DDR2) and
two 184-pin DDR Dual Inline Memory Modules (DIMM) sockets.
DDR2 DIMMS are notched differently to prevent installation on a DDR DIMM
socket.
The following figure illustrates the location of the sockets:
• To prevent damage to the motherboard, d o n o t u s e D D R a n d d o n o t u s e D D R a n d d o n o t u s e D D R a n d d o n o t u s e D D R a n d d o n o t u s e D D R a n d
D D R 2 m e m o r y s i m u l t a n e o u s l y . D D R 2 m e m o r y s i m u l t a n e o u s l y . D D R 2 m e m o r y s i m u l t a n e o u s l y . D D R 2 m e m o r y s i m u l t a n e o u s l y . D D R 2 m e m o r y s i m u l t a n e o u s l y .
• Due to chipset resource allocation, the system may detect less than
2 GB system memory when you installed two 1 GB DDR2 or DDR
memory modules.
C o l o r C o l o r C o l o r C o l o r C o l o r S o c k e t s S o c k e t s S o c k e t s S o c k e t s S o c k e t s
Blue DDR_1 and DDR_2
Yellow DDR2_1 and DDR2_2
P5VDC-MX
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P5VDC-MX DDR DIMM sockets
DDR2_
1
DDR2_
2
DDR_
1
DDR_
2
1.7.2 1.7.2 1.7.2 1.7.2 1.7.2 Memory Configurations Memory Configurations Memory Configurations Memory Configurations Memory Configurations
You may install 256MB, 512MB, and 1 GB unbuffered non-ECC DDR/DDR2
DIMMs into the DIMM sockets.