4.Carefully remove the heatsink and fan assembly from the motherboard.

5.Rotate each fastener clockwise to ensure correct orientation when reinstalling.

1.7System memory

1.7.1Overview

The motherboard comes with four Double Data Rate 3 (DDR3) Dual Inline Memory Modules (DIMM) sockets. The figure illustrates the location of the DDR3 DIMM sockets:

Channel

Sockets

Channel A

DIMM_A1 and DIMM_A2

Channel B

DIMM_B1 and DIMM_B2

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