Gigabyte GA-8I865GVME User Manual page 14

Dual Channel DDR
GA-8I865GVME supports the Dual Channel Technology. After operating the Dual Channel Technology, the
bandwidth of Memory Bus will add double up to 6.4GB/s(DDR400) or 5.3GB/s(DDR333).
GA-8I865GVME includes 2 DIMM sockets, and each Channel has one DIMM socket as following:
Channel A : DDR 1
Channel B : DDR 2
If you want to operate the Dual Channel Technology, please note the following explanations due to the
limitation of Intel chipset specifications.
1. Dual channel memory cannot be used if one DDR memory modules are installed.
2. If two DDR memory modules are installed, please use memory of the same storage capacity in
order to use dual channel memory and for BIOS to detect all the DDR memory modules.
The following table is for Dual Channel Technology combination: (DS: Double Side, SS: Single Side)
2 memory modules
GA-8I865GVME Motherboard
DDR 1
DS/SS
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DDR 2
DS/SS