ASRock P65iCafe manual Installation of Memory Modules Dimm, Dual Channel Memory Configurations

2.5 Installation of Memory Modules (DIMM)

This motherboard provides four 240-pin DDR3 (Double Data Rate 3) DIMM slots, and supports Dual Channel Memory Technology. For dual channel con- figuration, you always need to install identical (the same brand, speed, size and chip-type) DDR3 DIMM pair in the slots of the same color. In other words, you have to install identical DDR3 DIMM pair in Dual Channel (DDR3_A1 and DDR3_B1; Blue slots; see p.11 No.5), so that Dual Channel Memory Technol- ogy can be activated. This motherboard also allows you to install four DDR3 DIMMs for dual channel configuration, and please install identical DDR3 DIMMs in all four slots. You may refer to the Dual Channel Memory Configura- tion Table below.

Dual Channel Memory Configurations

	DDR3_A1	DDR3_A2	DDR3_B1	DDR3_B2
	(Blue Slot)	(White Slot)	(Blue Slot)	(White Slot)
(1)	Populated	-	Populated	-
(2)*	Populated	Populated	Populated	Populated

*For the configuration (2), please install identical DDR3 DIMMs in all four slots.

1.If you want to install two memory modules, for optimal compatibility and reliability, it is recommended to install them in the blue slots (DDR3_A1 and DDR3_B1).

2.If a pair of memory modules is NOT installed in the same Dual Channel, for example, installing a pair of memory modules in DDR3_A1 and DDR3_A2, it is unable to activate the Dual Channel Memory Technology.

3.It is not allowed to install a DDR or DDR2 memory module into DDR3 slot; otherwise, this motherboard and DIMM may be dam- aged.

4.Some DDR3 1GB double-sided DIMMs with 16 chips may not work on this motherboard. It is not recommended to install them on this motherboard.

5.If you install four single-sided DIMMs on this motherboard, they will run at DDR3 1066 only.

6.Due to chipset limitation, if you plan to install three or four memory modules on this motherboard, please install only single-sided memory modules.

7.This motherboard supports two double-sided or four single-sided DIMMs. Therefore, if you install four DDR3 DIMMs, you can only adopt four single-sided DIMMs.

17