2.5
Installing a DIMM
The motherboard comes with four Double Data Rate 2 (DDR2) Dual Inline
Memory Modules (DIMM) sockets.
The figure illustrates the location of the DDR2 DIMM sockets:
P5K-VM 240-pin DDR2 DIMM sockets
Channel
Channel A
Channel B
2.5.1
Memory configurations
You may install 256 MB, 512 MB, 1 GB, and 2 GB unbuffered non-ECC DDR2
DIMMs into the DIMM sockets.
Recommended Memory Configurations
Mode
Single-Channel
Dual-channel (1)
Dual-channel (2)
2-8
Sockets
DIMM_A1 and DIMM_A2
DIMM_B1 and DIMM_B2
DIMM_A1
DIMM_B1
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Populated
Populated
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Populated
Populated
Populated
Populated
Sockets
DIMM_A2
-
-
-
Populated
Chapter 2: Basic installation
DIMM_B2
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-
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Populated