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2.3
System memory
2.3.1
Overview
The motherboard comes with six (6) Double Data Rate 2 (DDR2) Dual Inline
Memory Modules (DIMM) sockets.
A DDR2 module has the same physical dimensions as a DDR DIMM but has a
240-pin footprint compared to the 184-pin DDR DIMM.
The figure illustrates the location of the DDR2 DIMM sockets:`
DSAN-DX/TS500-E5 240-pin DDR2 DIMM sockets
2.3.2
Memory configurations
You may install 512 MB, 1 GB, 2 GB, and 4 GB registered ECC DIMMs into the
DIMM sockets.
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For optimum compatibility, we recommend that you obtain memory modules
from the same vendor. Refer to the Qualified Vendors List on the ASUS
web site.
This motherboard does not support memory modules made up of 128 Mb
chips x16 memory modules.
If you are installing only one memory module, install the module into the
blue socket labeled DIMM_A1 or DIMM_B1. Installing into any other socket
will not work.
128 pins
112 pins
Chapter 2: Hardware setup
DIMM_B1
DIMM_A1
DIMM_B2
DIMM_A2
DIMM_B3
DIMM_A3
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