Supermicro X10SLM+-F User Manual page 39

Possible System Memory Allocation & Availability
Firmware Hub flash memory (System BIOS)
Local APIC
Area Reserved for the chipset
I/O APIC (4 Kbytes)
PCI Enumeration Area 1
PCI Express (256 MB)
PCI Enumeration Area 2 (if needed) -Aligned on 256-MB
boundary-
VGA Memory
TSEG
Memory available to OS and other applications
When installing memory modules, the DIMM slots should be populated in the following
order: DIMMA2, DIMMB2, then DIMMA1, DIMMB1.
• Always use DDR3 DIMM modules of the same size, type and speed.
• Mixed DIMM speeds can be installed. However, all DIMMs will run at the speed
of the slowest DIMM.
DIMMA2 DIMMB2
2GB
2GB
4GB
4GB
8GB
8GB
System Device
Recommended Population (Balanced)
DIMMA1
2GB
2GB 2GB
4GB
4GB 4GB
8GB
8GB 8GB
Size
1 MB
4 KB
2 MB
4 KB
256 MB
256 MB
512 MB
16 MB
1 MB
DIMMB1
2GB
4GB
8GB
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Chapter 2: Installation
Physical Memory
Remaining (-Available)
(4 GB Total System
Memory)
3.99
3.99
3.99
3.99
3.76
3.51
3.01
2.85
2.84
2.84
Total System Memory
4GB
8GB
8GB
16GB
16GB
32GB