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2.5 Installation of Memory Modules (DIMM)
This motherboard provides four
Dual Channel Memory Configuration
| DDR3_A1 | DDR3_A2 | DDR3_B1 | DDR3_B2 |
| (Black Slot) | (Yellow Slot) | (Black Slot) | (Yellow Slot) |
(1) | Populated | - | Populated | - |
(2) | - | Populated | - | Populated |
(3)* | Populated | Populated | Populated | Populated |
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*For configuration (3), 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 slots: DDR3_ A1 and DDR3_B1, or 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 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 activate Dual Channel Memory Technology.
4.It is not allowed to install a DDR or DDR2 memory module into DDR3 slot; otherwise, this motherboard and DIMM may be dam- aged.
5.Some DDR3 1GB
6.For optimal compatibility and stability while overclocking memory frequency, it is recommended to install one memory module on DDR3_B2 slot or two memory modules on DDR3_A2 and DDR3_ B2 slots.
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