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Some double-sided DIMMs may come with memory chips mounted
on one side of the module only and are easily mistaken as single-
sided DIMMs. Relevant to the rules on DIMM installation, it is very
important that you know the type of DIMM you are using in DIMM
3 as this will affect the module you are going to use in DIMM 4. The
best way to identify the DIMM is to refer to the boot-up screen.
When you power-on the system, the boot-up screen shows the
systems configuration. Press the <Pause> key to halt scrolling so
that the systems configuration can be read. If it is assumed that
DIMM 3 is installed with single-sided DIMM (with memory chips on
one side of the module only) but the SDRAM at Row(s) field
shows 0 1 2 3 4 5, it means the module is a double-sided DIMM.
If the field shows 0 1 2 3 4, it means the module is actually a
single-sided DIMM.
The System Memory Frequency field in the Advanced Chipset
Features submenu of the BIOS must be set according to the type of
PC SDRAM DIMM used.
The onboard VGA shares 1MB of the system memory. This is fixed
regardless of the size of the system memory. Aside from the 1MB
shared memory, it also uses Dynamic Video Memory Technology
(DVMT). DVMT freely changes in size because graphics memory is
allocated from the system memory according to current needs.
