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Chapter 2: Hardware information

2.4

System memory

2.4.1

Overview

The motherboard comes with six fully-buffered DIMM (FB-DIMM) sockets to

support 240-pin FB-DIMM modules. An FB-DIMM module has a different pin-out

from DDR2 DIMMs so you cannot install DDR2 DIMMs on an FB-DIMM socket.

Note that an FB-DIMM socket has an Advanced Memory Buffer (AMB) chip that

allows memory-to-CPU connection at gigabit speed.
The figure illustrates the location of the FB-DIMM sockets:

2.4.2

Memory configurations

You may install 256 MB, 512 MB, 1 GB, 2 GB, and 4 GB registered ECC

FB-DIMMs into the DIMM sockets.

• For optimum compatibility, we recommend that you obtain memory modules

from the same vendor. Refer to the Qualified Vendors List on the ASUS

web site.

• This motherboard does not support memory modules made up of 128 Mb

chips or double-rank x16 memory modules.

• If you are installing only one memory module, install into the white socket

labeled DIMM_00. Installing into any other socket will not work.

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DSBV-DX Series 240-pin DIMM sockets

DIMM_01
DIMM_00

112 Pins

128 Pins

DIMM_10
DIMM_02

DIMM_12

DIMM_11

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