2.4System memory

2.4.1Overview

The motherboard comes with four Double Data Rate 2 (DDR2) Dual Inline Memory Modules (DIMM) sockets.

A DDR2 module has the same physical dimensions as a DDR DIMM but has a 240-pin footprint compared to the 184-pin DDR DIMM. DDR2 DIMMs are notched differently to prevent installation on a DDR DIMM socket.

The figure illustrates the location of the DDR2 DIMM sockets:

DIMM_B2

DIMM_A2

DIMM_B1

DIMM_A1

M2R32-MVP

M2R32-MVP 240-pin DDR2 DIMM sockets

Channel

Sockets

Channel A

DIMM_A1 and DIMM_A2

Channel B

DIMM_B1 and DIMM_B2

In dual-channel configurations, installing identical (the same type and size) DDR2 DIMM pairs for each channel provides optimum performance.

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