Arkon AIMB-258 user manual System Memory, Dimm Sockets Location

1.13System Memory

1.13.1DIMM Sockets Location

The motherboard comes with two 204-pin Double Data Rate 3 (DDR3) Dual Inline Memory Modules (DIMM) sockets. The following figure illustrates the location of the sockets:

1.13.2System Memory

The AIMB-258 has two sockets for 204-pin SODIMMx2.

All these sockets use 1.5 V unbuffered double data rate synchronous DRAMs (DDR SDRAM). They are available in capacities of 256, 512, and 1024 MB. The sockets can be filled in any combination with SODIMMs of any size, giving a total memory size between 256 MB and 2 GB. AIMB-258 does NOT support ECC (error checking and correction).

1.13.2.1Memory Installation Procedures

To install SODIMMs, first make sure the two handles of the SODIMM socket are in the.open. position. i.e., the handles lean outward. Slowly slide the SODIMM module along the plastic guides on both ends of the socket. Then press the SODIMM module right down into the socket, until you hear a click. This is when the two handles have automatically locked the memory module into the correct position of the SODIMM socket. To remove the memory module, just push both handles outward, and the memory module will be ejected by the mechanism.

1.13.2.2Cache Memory

The AIMB-258 supports a CPU with one of the following built-in full speed L2 caches: 2048 MB for Intel Core 2 Duo CPU

The built-in second-level cache in the processor yields much higher performance than conventional external cache memories.

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