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Installing System Components

3 Connect the system fan power cable to the system board.
4 Replace the cooling shroud. See "Installing the Cooling Shroud" on page 83.
5 Replace the expansion card stabilizer. See "Installing the Expansion Card

Stabilizer" on page 81.

6 Close the system. See "Closing the System" on page 80
7 Lay the system upright on a flat surface.
8 Reattach any peripherals and connect the system to an electrical outlet.
9 Turn on the system and attached peripherals.

System Memory

Your system supports DDR3 unbuffered ECC DIMMs (UDIMMs). Single

DIMMs can be 1333-MHz.Your system supports single-channel mode and

dual-channel mode. The system contains a total of six memory sockets.

UDIMM supports single-rank DIMMs. The maximum memory that is

supported on your system varies according to the types and sizes of memory

modules being used: 1 GB and 2 GB UDIMMs are supported for a total of up

to 12 GB.

General Memory Module Installation Guidelines

To ensure optimal performance of your system, observe the following general

guidelines when configuring your system memory.

NOTE:

Memory configurations that fail to observe these guidelines can prevent

your system from starting and producing any video output.

• RDIMMs and UDIMMs cannot be mixed.
• Except for memory channels that are unused, all populated memory

channels must have identical configurations.

• Memory modules of different sizes can be mixed in A1-A3 or B1-B3

(for example, 2-GB and 4-GB), but all populated channels must have

identical configurations.

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