PT-5V3T/5VMT
SYSTEM BOARD
HARDWARE SETUP
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In order to make the mainboard working, at least one bank of memory have to be
installed on the board. The “BANK” is the definition of the memory subsystem
addressing. Please refer to the following for the definition of “BANK”
BANK0:
DIMM 1
BANK1:
DIMM 2
BANK2:
SIMM 1 and SIMM 2
This mainboard supports EDO, FPM and SDRAM types of memory module. When
installing memory modules, you don’t have to start from Bank0 first. Basically, the
memory can be populated on the board in any order and the system board will detect
the memory installed on the board automatically.
So you can install a DIMM module onto either Bank0 or Bank 1 first and afterward you
may upgrade your system memory by plugging in another DIMM module in the DIMM
socket and need not to worry about the memory type which is installed on the board.
However, when you are installing the memory modules in the SIMM sockets, you have
to make sure that the module must be the same type. the reason is because SIMM1 and
SIMM2 are defined as Bank 2 and the memory installed in the same bank must be the
same type. So you will have to install two SIMM modules in Bank2 to make the
mainboard working.
