Installing System Memory <Dram Memory - Abit IT5E Series User Manual

Installing the Mainboard
(5) Installing System Memory
When this mainboard was designed, we not only have taken into
account the present needs, but we have also tried to care about demands for
future upgrades:
1. Two 168-pin DIMM sockets:
Within 3 to 5 years, you may not be able to buy 72-pin SIMM
memory modules anymore, just as now you cannot find 30-pin
SIMM memory modules anymore. If you want to extend your
memory capacity, you will have no solution other than to use 168-
pin 3.3V unbuffered DIMM sockets.
2. Four 72-pin SIMM sockets:
Currently, the most common memory modules on the market are
72-pin SIMM modules. The four 72-pin SIMM sockets of this
mainboard will meet your needs.
3. Easy installation
You just need to insert the modules, without the help of God. Isn' t
it great?
Besides the features mentioned above, you can use simultaneously 72-pin
SIMM modules and 168-pin DIMM modules, but you will rarely encounter
this kind of configuration. Before you proceed with installation, be patient,
first read what follows:
1. Factory default setting of the mainboard is for 70ns FP or
EDO modules.
If your memory modules are faster than 70ns, say 60ns or 45ns,
you can modify the BIOS settings in order to speed up the
operating speed of the system. But if you don' t want to modify
these settings, or if you don' t know how to modify them, it' s no
big deal.
But if you set the external CPU clock at 66MHz or more, we
recommend you use 60ns or even faster DRAM modules.
2. Memory error check and correction feature on this
mainboard.
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