Chapter 1: Product introduction
2-4
2.2
Upgrading system memory
The motherboard comes with twelve (12) Double Data Rate 3 (DDR3) Dual Inline
Memory Modules (DIMM) slots.
1
2
3
4
5
6
12
11
10
9
8
7
1
2
3
4
5
6
DIMM_A2
DIMM_A1
DIMM_B2
DIMM_B1
DIMM_C2
DIMM_C1
7
8
9
10
11
12
DIMM_D2
DIMM_D1
DIMM_E2
DIMM_E1
DIMM_F2
DIMM_F1
Recommended memory configurations for single CPU
CPU1
CPU2
DIMM_C1 DIMM_C2 DIMM_B1 DIMM_B2 DIMM_A1 DIMM_A2 DIMM_D1 DIMM_D2 DIMM_E1 DIMM_E2 DIMM_F1 DIMM_F2
1 DIMM
V
2 DIMMs
V
V
3 DIMMs
V
V
V
4 DIMMs
V*
V*
V*
V*
5 DIMMs
V*
V*
V*
V*
V*
6 DIMMs
V*
V*
V*
V*
V*
V*
1 DIMM
V
2 DIMMs
V
V
3 DIMMs
V
V
V
4 DIMMs
V*
V*
V*
V*
5 DIMMs
V*
V*
V*
V*
V*
6 DIMMs
V*
V*
V*
V*
V*
V*
Recommended memory configurations for dual CPUs
CPU1
CPU2
DIMM_C1 DIMM_C2 DIMM_B1 DIMM_B2 DIMM_A1 DIMM_A2 DIMM_D1 DIMM_D2 DIMM_E1 DIMM_E2 DIMM_F1 DIMM_F2
1 DIMM
V
2 DIMMs
V
V
3 DIMMs
V
V
V
4 DIMMs
V
V
V
V
5 DIMMs
V
V
V
V
V
6 DIMMs
V
V
V
V
V
V
7 DIMMs
V*
V*
V*
V*
V*
V*
V*
8 DIMMs
V*
V*
V*
V*
V*
V*
V*
V*
9 DIMMs
V*
V*
V*
V*
V*
V*
V*
V*
V*
10 DIMMs
V*
V*
V*
V*
V*
V*
V*
V*
V*
V*
11 DIMMs
V*
V*
V*
V*
V*
V*
V*
V*
V*
V*
V*
12 DIMMs
V*
V*
V*
V*
V*
V*
V*
V*
V*
V*
V*
V*
* The frequency of DDR3-1333 DIMMs will run at 1066MHz when four or more DIMMs are installed.
