2.4System memory

2.4.1Overview

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:

DIMM A1

DIMM A2

DIMM B1

DIMM B2

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P5GD1 184-Pin DDR DIMM Sockets

2.4.2Memory Configurations

You may install 256 MB, 512 MB and 1 GB unbuffered 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 in Table 1.

•In dual-channel configurations, 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.

•Double-sided x16 modules are not supported in this motherboard.

•Due to chipset resource allocation, the system may detect less than 4 GB system memory whne you installed four 1 GB DDR memory modules.

•Due to chipset limitation, DIMM modules with 128 Mb memory chips or double-sided x16 memory chips are not supported in this motherboard.

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