Asus RS720-E7-RS24-EG, User Manual

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Chapter 2: Hardware setup
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2.4 System memory
2.4.1 Overview
The motherboard comes with sixteen (16) Double Data Rate 3 (DDR3) Dual Inline Memory
Modules (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 developed for
better performance with less power consumption.
The figure illustrates the location of the DDR3 DIMM sockets:
2.4.2 Memory Configurations
You may install 2GB, 4GB, 8GB, 16GB, and 32GB RDIMMs or 2GB, 4GB and 8GB with ECC/
Non-ECC UDIMMs or 8GB, 16GB and 32GB LR-DIMMs into the DIMM sockets using the
memory configurations in this section.
• Remove the chassis cover and the air duct first if you wish to install additional DIMMs.
Refer to section 2.1 Chassis cover and 2.1.1 Air duct for details.
• Install a DIMM beginning with either slot DIMM_A1 or DIMM_E1.
• Always install DIMMs with the same CAS latency. For optimum compatibility, it is
recommended that you obtain memory modules from the same vendor.
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