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5 installing a dimm – Asus V3-P5G31 User Manual

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Chapter 2: Basic installation

2.5

Installing a DIMM

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

Modules (DIMM) sockets.
A DDR2 module 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:

Install a memory module in DIMM_A1 slot to support the Intel

®

Quiet System

Technology and for optimum performance.

R

240-pin DDR2 DIMM Sockets

128 Pins

112 Pins

DIMM_B1

DIMM_A1

Channel

Sockets

Channel A

DIMM_A1

Channel B

DIMM_B1

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