System Memory; Overview; Memory Configurations - Asus Motherboard P5VDC-MX User Manual

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System memory

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Overview

Overview
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The motherboard comes with two 240-pin Double Data Rate (DDR2) and
two 184-pin DDR Dual Inline Memory Modules (DIMM) sockets.
DDR2 DIMMS are notched differently to prevent installation on a DDR DIMM
socket.
The following figure illustrates the location of the sockets:
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P5VDC-MX DDR DIMM sockets
• To prevent damage to the motherboard, d o n o t u s e D D R a n d
D D R 2 m e m o r y s i m u l t a n e o u s l y . D D R 2 m e m o r y s i m u l t a n e o u s l y . D D R 2 m e m o r y s i m u l t a n e o u s l y . D D R 2 m e m o r y s i m u l t a n e o u s l y . D D R 2 m e m o r y s i m u l t a n e o u s l y .
• Due to chipset resource allocation, the system may detect less than
2 GB system memory when you installed two 1 GB DDR2 or DDR
memory modules.
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Memory Configurations

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You may install 256MB, 512MB, and 1 GB unbuffered non-ECC DDR/DDR2
DIMMs into the DIMM sockets.
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DDR_1 and DDR_2
DDR2_1 and DDR2_2
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