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3 central processing unit (cpu), 4 system memory, 1 overview – Asus M2N68-AM SE User Manual

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Central Processing Unit (CPU)

This motherboard comes with a 940-pin AM2+ / AM2 socket designed for AMD

®

Phenom™FX

/ Phenom™ / Athlon™ / Sempron™ processors.

The AM2+ / AM2 socket has a different pinout from the 940-pin socket designed for the

AMD Opteron™ processor. Use a CPU that is designed for the AM2+ / AM2 socket.

1.4

System memory

1.4.1

Overview

This motherboard comes with two Double Data Rate 2 (DDR2) Dual Inline Memory Modules

(DIMM) sockets. A DDR2 DIMM has the same physical dimensions as a DDR DIMM but

has a 240-pin footprint compared to the 184-pin DDR DIMM. DDR2 DIMMs are notched

differently to prevent installation on a DDR DIMM socket. The figure illustrates the location of

the DDR2 DIMM sockets:

Channel

Sockets

Channel A

DIMM_A1

Channel B

DIMM_B1

M2N68-AM SE

M2N68-AM SE 240-pin DDR2 DIMM sockets

DIMM_A1

DIMM_B1

Chapter 1: Product introduction

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