Chapter 4
Removing and Replacing Components
System Memory DIMMs
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Table 4-2
DIMM Filler Requirements for 32 DIMM Extender Board
32 DIMM Extender Board
DIMMs Loaded
Fillers required
a
a. One DIMM filler board covers two DIMM adjacent slots.
4 DIMMs in quad 0
12 fillers total:
2 fillers in quads 1, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7
(quad 2 remains unfilled)
8 DIMMs in quads 0 and 1
8 fillers total:
2 fillers in quads 4, 5, 6, and 7
(quads 2 and 3 remain unfilled)
12 DIMMs in quads 0, 1, and 2
8 fillers total:
2 fillers in quads 4, 5, 6, and 7
(quad 3 remains unfilled)
16 DIMMs in quads 0, 1, 2, and 3
8 fillers total:
2 fillers in quads 4, 5, 6, and 7
(all quads filled)
20 DIMMs in quads 0, 1, 2, 3, and 4
4 fillers total:
2 fillers in quads 5, 7
quad 6 remains unfilled
24 DIMMs in quads 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5
No fillers required
28 DIMMs in quads 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6
No fillers required
32 DIMMs in quads 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7
No fillers required
