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1 overview, Ddr3 module installation ddr2 module installation – Asus P5KC User Manual

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Chapter 2: Hardware information

Channel

Sockets

Channel A

DIMM_A1 and DIMM_A2

Channel B

DIMM_B1 and DIMM_B2

2.4

System memory

2.4.1

Overview

The motherboard comes with two Double Data Rate 3 (DDR3) and four Double

Data Rate 2 (DDR2) Dual Inline Memory Modules (DIMM) sockets.
A DDR3 module has the same physical dimensions as a DDR2/DDR DIMM but

is notched differently to prevent installation on a DDR2/DDR DIMM socket, while

a DDR3/DDR2 module has a 240-pin footprint compared to the 184-pin DDR

DIMM. DDR3 modules are developed for better performance with less power

consumption. The figure illustrates the location of the DDR3/DDR2 DIMM sockets:

DDR3 module installation

DDR2 module installation

You can only install either DDR2 module(s) or DDR3 module(s) on the

motherboard; otherwise, the system will not boot up.

P5KC

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P5KC 240-pin DDR3/DDR2 DIMM sockets

DDR2_A1 DDR2_A2 DDR3_A1

DDR2_B1 DDR2_B2 DDR3_B1

Channel

Sockets

Channel A

DDR3_DIMM_A1

Channel B

DDR3_DIMM_B1