Asus A8V-XE 1.7.1 Overview, 1.7.2 Memory configurations, 1.7System memory, A8V-XE 184-pinDDR DIMM Sockets, The following figure illustrates the location of the sockets:

1.7System memory

1.7.1 Overvi ew

The motherboard comes with two Double Data Rate (DDR) Dual Inline Memory Module (DIMM) sockets.

The following figure illustrates the location of the sockets:

DIMM A1	DIMM A2 DIMM B1	DIMM B2
104 Pins
A8V-XE
80 Pins

A8V-XE 184-pin DDR DIMM Sockets

Channel	Sockets
Channel A	DIMM_A1 and DIMM_A2
Channel B	DIMM_B1 and DIMM_B2

1.7.2 Memory confi gurati ons

You may install 64MB, 128 MB, 256 MB, 512 MB, and 1 GB unbuffered ECC or non-ECC DDR DIMMs into the DIMM sockets using the memory configuration in this section.

•When you installed four 1 GB DDR memory modules, the system may detect not more than 3 GB of total system memory because of address space allocation. This limitation applies only to systms with Windows® XP 32-bit operating system since it does not support PAE (Physical Address Extension) mode.

•We recommend that you install less than 3GB of total system memory when using windows XP 32-bit operating system.

•Always install DIMMs with the same CAS latency. For optimum compatibility, we recommend that you obtain memory modules from the same vendor. Refer to the DDR400 Qualified Vendors List on page 1-14 for details.

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