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Chapter 2: Hardware setup

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2.3 System memory

2.3.1 Overview

This sever board comes with twelve Double Data Tate 2 (DDR2) Dual Inline

Memory Modules (DIMM) sockets, support 240-pin Ecc Registered FBD

memory modules.

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DSBF-DR1

DSBF-DR1

0-pn FB-DIMM sockets

DIMM_11
DIMM_10

DIMM_1

DIMM_01
DIMM_00

DIMM_0

DIMM_1
DIMM_0

DIMM_

DIMM_1
DIMM_0

DIMM_

112 Pins

128 Pins

2.3.2 Memory configurations

You may install 512MB, 1GB, 2GB and 4GB fully buffered Ecc registered

533/667 DDR2 DIMMs into the DIMM sockets.

1. Please install DIMMs with the same CAS latency. We recommend that

you using DIMMs from the same company.

2. Please do not install SS and DS DIMMs together, otherwise the

system might not boot properly.

3. We recommend that you install even number of DIMMs. If you install

only one or singular number of DIMMs, or double FBD DIMMs, please

install it on the white sockets (such as DIMM_00/DIMM_10).

4. Due to chipset resource allocation and the numbers of PCI devices

installed, the system may detected less than 24GB system memory

when you installed twelve 2GB DDR2 memory modules.

5. When you install three memory modules, the system is in

unsymmetric dual-channel mode, and the system performance is

in between the performances of single-channel and dual-channel

modes.