American Megatrends III User Manual

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Apollo III PCI Pentium ISA Motherboard User’s Guide

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Step 3 Install Memory

System Memory The motherboard has four 32-bit SIMM – Single Inline Memory Module)

sockets. You can use Fast Page Mode or EDO (Extended Data Out) SIMMs.
Memory must be populated one bank at a time. Each bank has two sockets.
Each bank must be populated with the same type of SIMM. If a 1 MB SIMM
is installed in the first socket in Bank0, then the same type of 1 MB SIMM
must be installed in the second Bank0 SIMM socket. Each socket can hold
one 72-pin SIMM. You can use:

1 MB x 36,

4 MB x 36,

8 MB x 36, or

16 MB x 36 SIMMs.

The motherboard supports banks of fast page mode and EDO (Extended Data
Out) memory together operating at 60 ns (RAS access time).

Memory Display

System memory is reported by AMIBIOS as it boots and again when

the AMIBIOS System Configuration Screen is displayed just before the
operating system boots. The memory displayed by AMIBIOS on the System
Configuration Screen is 384 KB less than the total memory installed.

SIMM Part Numbers

Type

Manufacturer

Part Number

4 MB x 36

Micron

MT12D436M-6

Mitsubishi

MH4M36SAJ-6

Motorola

MCM36400S-60

PNY

P364000-60

Samsung

KMM5364100-6

8 MB x 36

Motorola

MCM36800S-60

PNY

P368000-60

Samsung

KMM5368100-6

Cont’d

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