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Chapter 2: Hardware information

Chapter 2

2.4

System memory

2.4.1

Overview

The motherboard comes with four 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 figure illustrates the location of the DDR3 DIMM sockets:

Recommended memory configurations

One DIMM:
Install one memory module in any slot as a single-channel operation.
Two DIMMs (dual-channel operation):

Four DIMMs (dual-channel operation):

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