ASRock FM2A85X Extreme4-M manual English Installation of Memory Modules Dimm, Black Slot Populated

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2.3 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 configuration, you always need to install identical (the same brand, speed, size and chip-type) DDR3 DIMM pairs. In other words, you have to install identical DDR3 DIMM pairs in Dual Channel A (DDR3_A1 and DDR3_B1, see p.2 No. 7) or identical DDR3 DIMM pairs in Dual Channel B (DDR3_A2 and DDR3_B2, see p.2 No. 8), so that Dual Channel Memory Technology can be activated. This moth- erboard also allows you to install four DDR3 DIMMs for dual channel configuration, please install identical DDR3 DIMMs in all four slots. You may refer to the Dual Channel Memory Configuration Table below.

Dual Channel Memory Configurations

	DDR3_A1	DDR3_A2	DDR3_B1	DDR3_B2
	(Black Slot)	(Black Slot)	(Black Slot)	(Black Slot)
(1)	Populated	-	Populated	-
(2)	-	Populated	-	Populated
(3)	Populated	Populated	Populated	Populated

*For configuration (3), please install identical DDR3 DIMMs in all four slots.

1.If you want to install two memory modules, for optimal com- patibility and reliability, it is recommended to install them in DDR3_A1 and DDR3_B1 or in DDR3_A2 and DDR3_B2.

2.If only one memory module or three memory modules are installed in the DDR3 DIMM slots on this motherboard, it is unable to activate the Dual Channel Memory Technology.

3.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 acti- vate Dual Channel Memory Technology.

4.It is not allowed to install a DDR or DDR2 memory module into a DDR3 slot; otherwise, this motherboard and DIMM

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