Central Processing Unit (Cpu); System Memory; Overview - Asus M2N68-AM SE2 - Motherboard - Micro ATX User Manual

1.3

Central Processing Unit (CPU)

This motherboard comes with a 940-pin AM2+ / AM2 socket designed for AMD
/ Phenom™ / Athlon™ / Sempron™ processors.
The AM2+ / AM2 socket has a different pinout from the 940-pin socket designed for the
AMD Opteron™ processor. Use a CPU that is designed for the AM2+ / AM2 socket.
1.4

System memory

1.4.1

Overview

This motherboard comes with two Double Data Rate 2 (DDR2) Dual Inline Memory Modules
(DIMM) sockets. A DDR2 DIMM 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:
Channel
Channel A
Channel B
1-3
Sockets
DIMM_A1
DIMM_B1
Phenom™FX
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