System Memory - Asus B75M-PLUS Manual

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System memory

1.4.1 Overview
This motherboard comes with two Double Data Rate 3 (DDR3) Dual Inline Memory Module
(DIMM) sockets. A DDR3 module has the same physical dimensions as a DDR2 DIMM but
is notched differently to prevent installation on a DDR2 DIMM socket. DDR3 modules are
location of the DDR3 DIMM sockets:
B75M-PLUS
B75M-PLUS 240-pin DDR3 DIMM sockets
Channel
Channel A
Channel B
You may install 1GB, 2GB, 4GB, and 8GB unbuffered non-ECC DDR3 DIMMs into the DIMM
sockets.
protect the CPU.
• Always install DIMMs with the same CAS latency. For optimal compatibility, we
recommend that you install memory modules of the same version or date code (D/C)
from the same vendor. Check with the retailer to get the correct memory modules.
• Due to the memory address limitation on 32-bit Windows
or more memory on the motherboard, the actual usable memory for the OS can be
about 3GB or less. For effective use of memory, we recommend that you do any of the
following:
-
-
ASUS B75M-PLUS
Sockets
DIMM_A1 and DIMM_A2
DIMM_B1 and DIMM_B2
Use a maximum of 3GB system memory if you are using a 32-bit Windows
Install a 64-bit Windows ®
motherboard.
OS if you want to install 4GB or more on the
® OS, when you install 4GB
® OS.
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