2.4System memory

2.4.1Overview

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

The figure illustrates the location of the DDR2 DIMM sockets:

P5E

DIMM A1 DIMM A2

DIMM B1 DIMM B2

P5E 240-pin DDR2 DIMM sockets
ChannelSockets

Channel A

DIMM_A1 and DIMM_A2

Channel B

DIMM_B1 and DIMM_B2

• This chipset officially supports DDR2-800 MHz. With the ASUS Super Memspeed Technology, this motherboard natively supports up to DDR2-1066 MHz. See the table below.

FSB DDR2

1333 1066*

1333 800

1333 667

1066 1066*

1066 800

1066 667

•*If you install a DDR2-1066 memory module, make sure that you set the DRAM Frequency item in BIOS to [DDR2-1066MHz]. See section 4.4 Extreme Tweaker menu for details.

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