1.7System memory

1.7.1Overview

The motherboard comes with four 184-pin Double Data Rate (DDR) Dual Inline Memory Modules (DIMM) sockets.

The following figure illustrates the location of the sockets:

A8V-MX

A8V-MX 184-pin DDR DIMM sockets

DIMM A1

DIMM B1

1.7.2Memory configurations

You may install 128 MB, 256 MB, 512 MB, and 1 GB unbuffered ECC/ non-ECC DDR DIMMs into the DIMM sockets using the memory configurations in this section.

• Installing DDR DIMMs other than the recommended configurations may cause memory sizing error or system boot failure. Use any of the recommended configurations on the next page.

•Install only identical (the same type and size) DDR DIMM pairs for each channel.

•Always install DIMMs with the same CAS latency. For optimum compatibility, it is recommended that you obtain memory modules from the same vendor.

•Due to chipset limitation, this motherboard does not support DIMM modules with less than or equal to 128 Mb memory chips.

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