Installing And Removing System Memory; Guidelines For Dual-Channel Memory Configuration; Two Or Four Dimms; Example Dual-Channel Memory Configuration With Two Dimms - Intel DQ57TM Product Manual

Installing and Removing System Memory

Desktop board DQ57TML has four 240-pin DDR3 DIMM sockets arranged as DIMM 0
and DIMM 1 in both Channel A and Channel B.
NOTE
A DIMM must be present in at least one of the DIMM 0 sockets when you are using
only one or two DIMMs with a processor that does not support Intel Graphics
Technology.

Guidelines for Dual-Channel Memory Configuration

Before installing DIMMs, read and follow these guidelines for dual-channel memory
configuration.

Two or Four DIMMs

Install a matched pair of DIMMs equal in speed and size (see Figure 16) in the DIMM 0
(blue) sockets of channels A and B.
Figure 16. Example Dual-Channel Memory Configuration with Two DIMMs
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