Microsoft IBUS-BAT-1370 manual System Memory, Hardware Installation, Installing the DIM Module

Hardware Installation

2.2 System Memory

The 168-pin DIMM (Dual In- line Memory Module) sockets support PC SDRAM DIMM,

3.3V. PC SDRAM (Synchronous Dynamic

Random Access Memory) is a fast memory interface

technology that includes

using the clock on the chip to synchronize with the CPU clock so that the timing of

the memory chips and the

timing of the CPU are synchronized. This saves time during transmission of data, subsequently increasing system performance.

The system board supports the ECC (Error Checking and Correction) function. To use this function, you must install DIMM that supports parity. That is, DIMM that typically has 9 memory chips per side. This kind of module has 8 standard memory chips and a parity chip. DIMM with no parity has 8 standard memory chips only. Refer to chapter 1 (System Memory section) for detailed specification of the memory supported by your system board.

2.2.1 Installing the DIM Module

A DIM module simply snaps into a DIMM socket on the system board. Pin 1 of the DIM module must correspond with Pin 1 of the socket.

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