Asus RS500A-S6/PS4 - Manual (Page 25)

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2.3 System memory
2.3.1 Overview
The motherboard comes with twenty-four (24) Double Data Rate 3 (DDR3) Dual
Inline Memory Modules (DIMM) sockets.
The figure illustrates the location of the DDR3 DIMM sockets:
2.3.2 Memory Configurations
You may install 1GB/2GB/4GB/8GB/16GB Registerd or 1GB/2GB/4GB Unbuffered
with ECC/Non-ECC DDR3 DIMMs into the DIMM sockets using the memory
configurations 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.
• For CPU1 configuraton, install DIMMs from the orange slots and in the
order as follows: DIMM_A3 -> DIMM_C3 -> DIMM_B3 -> DIMM_D3.
For CPU1 + CPU2 configuraton, install DIMMs from the orange slots and in
the order as follows: DIMM_A3 -> DIMM_E3 -> DIMM_C3 -> DIMM_G3.
• For Quad Ranks DIMMs, you can install only one DIMM for each channel.