2.4.3Installing a DIMM

Unplug the power supply before adding or removing DIMMs or other system components. Failure to do so can cause severe damage to both the motherboard and the components.

To install a DIMM:

 

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DDR2 DIMM notch

1. Unlock a DIMM socket by

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pressing the retaining clips outward.2.Align a DIMM on the socketsuch that the notch on theDIMM matches the break on 1 the socket.

3.Firmly insert the DIMM into the socket until the retaining clips snap back in place and the DIMM is properly seated.

Unlocked retaining clip

•A DDR2 DIMM is keyed with a notch so that it fits in only one

direction. Do not force a DIMM into a socket to avoid damaging the DIMM.

•The DDR2 DIMM sockets do not support DDR DIMMs. DO not install DDR DIMMs to the DDR2 DIMM sockets.

2.4.4Removing a DIMM

To remove a DIMM:
1. Simultaneously press the

 

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retaining clips outward to unlock

 

 

the DIMM.

 

 

Support the DIMM lightly with

 

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your fingers when pressing

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the retaining clips. The DIMM

DDR2 DIMM notch

might get damaged when it

 

 

flips out with extra force.

2.Remove the DIMM from the socket.

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