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5 installing a dimm – Asus Desktop Barebone Pundit P3-PH5 User Manual

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ASUS Pundit P3-PH5

2.5

Installing a DIMM

The system motherboard comes with four Double Data Rate 2 (DDR2) Dual Inline

Memory Module (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.

2.5.1

Memory configurations

You may install up to 8 GB system memory using 256 MB, 512 MB, 1 GB, and 2

GB DDR2 DIMMs.

• Installing DDR2 DIMMS other than the recommended configurations

may cause memory sizing error or system boot failure. Use any of the

recommended configurations in the table on the next page.

• Install only identical (the same type and size) DDR2 DIMM in DIMM_A and

DIMM_B.

• Always install DIMMs with the same CAS latency. For optimum

compatibility, we recommend that you obtain memory modules from the

same vendor.

• Due to chipset resource allocation, the system may detect less than 4 GB

system memory when you installed four 1 GB DDR2 memory.

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

chips or double-sided x16 memory modules.

R

P5B-V

M

P5B-VM 240-pin DDR2 DIMM socket

128 Pins

112 Pins

DIMM_A1

DIMM_A2

DIMM_B1

DIMM_B2

Channel

Sockets

Channel A

DIMM_A1 and DIMM_A2

Channel B

DIMM_B1 and DIMM_B2