SUPER MICRO Computer X8STE, X8ST3-F user manual Possible System Memory Allocation & Availability

Chapter 2: Installation

Address Extension (PAE) mode behavior which improves driver compat- ibility. For more information, please read the following article at Microsoft’s Knowledge Base website at: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/888137.

Possible System Memory Allocation & Availability

System Device

Size

Physical Memory

Remaining (-Available)

(4 GB Total System Memory)

Firmware Hub flash memory (System BIOS) Local APIC

Area Reserved for the chipset

I/O APIC (4 Kbytes)

PCI Enumeration Area 1

PCI Express (256 MB)

PCI Enumeration Area 2 (if needed) -Aligned on 256-MB boundary-

VGA Memory

TSEG

Memory available for the OS & other applications

1MB

4KB

2MB

4KB

256MB

256MB

512MB

16MB

1MB

3.99GB

3.99GB

3.99GB

3.99GB

3.76GB

3.51GB

3.01GB

2.85GB

2.84GB

2.84GB

Note : The motherboard will NOT boot if DIMM module(s) are installed in any of the Bank2 slots but none in the Bank1 slots. The first DIMM module must be installed in DIMM1A, and all Bank1 slots must be filled before populating any Bank2 slot(s).

Channel 3 Slots

Channel 2 Slots

Channel 1 Slots

DIMM3A

DIMM3B

DIMM2A

DIMM2B

DIMM1A

DIMM1B

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