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3. Press down two fasteners down in the
oblique crossing direction as shown above.
4. Turn over the motherboard carefully to
make sure the fastener insert in the right
direction.
Notice
Please apply thermal interface material to the CPU HIS surface.
The heat sink and installation steps are for re ference use only; Installation
steps might differ depending on different heat sink models.
Please use Intel original heat sin k for better heat dissipation or other heat sinks
that has pass Intel certification.
2-4 Install Memory
This motherboard provides four 240-pin DDR III DUAL INLINE MEMORY MODULE S
(DIMM) socket for DDR III memory expansion available to maximum memory volume
of 16GB DDRIII SDRAM.
Valid Memory Configurations
Bank 240-Pin DIMM PCS
Maximum
Capacity
DIMM1 DDR III 1066/ DDR III1333 X1 4GB
DIMM2 DDR III 1066/ DDR III1333 X1 4GB
DIMM3 DDR III 1066/ DDR III1333 X1 4GB
DIMM4 DDR III 1066/ DDR III1333 X1 4GB
Total System Memory (Max4GB) 4 16GB
Recommend DIMM Module Combination

1. One DDRIII Memory Module ----Plug in DIMMM1.
2. Two DDRIII Memory Modules---Plug in DIMM1 & DIMM 3 for Dual channel function
3. Four DDRIII Memory Modules---Plug in DIMM1 & DIMM 2 & DIMM3 & DIMM4
Dual channel Limited!
1. Dual channel function only supports when 2 DIMM Modules plug in either both DIMM1
& DIMM3, or four DIMM Modules plug in DIMM1~DIMM4.
2. Memory modules plugged in the same color DIMM must be of the same type, same
size, and same frequency for dual channel function.
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