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System memory – Dell OptiPlex GX400 User Manual

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While pressing the front-panel release button, rotate the top of the panel outward, away from the chassis. Lift the panel away from the chassis.

To replace the front panel, fit the two front-panel retaining hooks into the recessed slots at the bottom of the chassis (see "

Removing the Front Panel

"). Then

rotate the top of the panel toward the chassis until the front-panel latches snap into the tabs on the front panel.

System Memory

Your computer supports Rambus dynamic random-access memory (RDRAM) Rambus in-line memory modules (RIMMs) in 64-, 128-, 256-, and 512-megabyte
(MB) capacities (see "

Sample Memory Module Configurations

"). "

System Board Components

" in "About Your Computer" shows the location of the four RIMM

sockets on the system board. Sockets that do not contain a RIMM must contain Rambus continuity RIMMs (CRIMMs).

 

RIMM Label Showing Number of Memory Devices

NOTICE:

Before you install new memory modules, download the most recent BIOS for your computer from the Dell Support website at

support.dell.com.

NOTE:

To reach the maximum 2-gigabyte (GB) memory total, you must install four 512-MB RIMMs that each have a maximum of 16 memory devices. The

system supports no more than a total of 64 memory devices on all installed RIMMs. See "

RIMM Label Showing Number of Memory Devices

" for the

location of the label on the RIMM that identifies the number of memory devices it contains. You can also determine the number of memory devices
installed through the System Memory option in

system setup

.

NOTE:

The system does not support RIMMs with six memory devices.

NOTE:

All four RIMM slots must be occupied either by a RIMM or a CRIMM and must be upgraded in matched pairs of identical capacity in slots 1 and 2 or

slots 3 and 4. Mixed RIMM pairs provide a capacity equal to the sum of the four RIMMs; mixed pairs of RIMMs that provide error checking and correction
(ECC) and non-ECC will all function as non-ECC.

NOTICE:

Be sure to install a RIMM in socket 1 first (closest to the processor) before installing a RIMM in socket 2.

Sample Memory Module Configurations

Total Memory

Socket 1

Socket 2

Socket 3

Socket 4

128 MB

64 MB

64 MB

CRIMM

CRIMM

256 MB

64 MB

64 MB

64 MB

64 MB

256 MB

128 MB

128 MB

CRIMM

CRIMM

512 MB*

128 MB

128 MB

128 MB

128 MB

512 MB*

256 MB

256 MB

CRIMM

CRIMM

1024 MB

256 MB

256 MB

256 MB

256 MB

*512-MB RIMM technology will be supported when it is available.