Installing and Replacing Server Board Components
Intel
®
Server Board S1200KP Product Guide
27
Installing and Removing System Memory
NOTE
To be fully compliant with all applicable Intel
®
DRAM memory
specifications, the board requires DIMMs that support the Serial Presence
Detect (SPD) data structure.
The server board has two 240-pin DDR3 DIMM sockets providing Channel A and Channel B. For
dual-channel performance, install a matched pair of DIMMs equal in speed and size
(see Figure 12).
Figure 12. Dual Channel Memory Configuration Example
NOTE
The Intel
®
Xeon
®
E3-1200 Processors, the 2
nd
Generation Intel
®
Core™ i3
Processors, Intel
®
Xeon
®
E3-1200 V2 Processors or the 3
rd
Generation Intel
®
Core™ i3 Processors require memory to be installed in the DIMM_A1 (or
Channel A, DIMM 1) socket.