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Hardware Installation
The four DDR DIMM sockets on the system board are divided into 2
channels:
Channel A - DDR-1 and DDR-2
Channel B - DDR-3 and DDR-4
The system board supports the following memory interface.
Single Channel (SC)
Data will be accessed in chunks of 64 bits (8B) from the memory
channels.
Dual Channel (DC)
Dual channel provides better system performance because it doubles
the data transfer rate.
BIOS Setting
Configure the system memory in the Advanced Chipset Features
submenu of the BIOS.
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DIMMs are on the same channel.
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DIMMs in a channel can be identical or
completely different. However, we highly rec-
ommend using identical DIMMs.
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Not all slots need to be populated.
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DIMMs of the same memory configura-
tion are on different channels.
Single Channel
Dual Channel
