2.5 Installation of Memory Modules (DIMM)
This motherboard provides four 240-pin DDR3 (Double Data Rate 3) DIMM
slots, and supports Dual Channel Memory Technology. For dual channel con-
✁ ✂ ✄ ☎ ✆ ✝ ✞ ✟ ✠ ✡ ✞ ✂ ☎ ☛ ☞ ☎ ✡ ✌ ✟ ✍ ✍ ✎ ✆ ✞ ✝ ✟ ✌ ✆ ☎ ☛ ☛ identical (the same brand, speed, size
and chip-type) DDR3 DIMM pair in the slots: You have to install identical
DDR3 DIMMs in Dual Channel A (DDR3_A1 and DDR3_B1; Black slots; see p.2
No. 6) or identical DDR3 DIMMs in Dual Channel B (DDR3_A2 and DDR3_
B2; Black slots; see p.2 No. 7), so that Dual Channel Memory Technology can
be activated. This motherboard also allows you to install four DDR3 DIMMs
✏ ✞ ✄ ✎ ✂ ☎ ☛ ✑ ✒ ☎ ✟ ✟ ✍ ☛ ✑ ✞ ✟ ✁ ✂ ✄ ☎ ✆ ✝ ✞ ✟ ✠ ✓ ☛ ✍ ☎ ✌ ✍ ✝ ✟ ✌ ✆ ☎ ☛ ☛ identical DDR3 DIMMs in all four
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DDR3_A1
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If you want to install two memory modules, for optimal compatibility
and reliability, it is recommended to install them in the slots: DDR3_
A1 and DDR3_B1, or DDR3_A2 and DDR3_B2.
If only one memory module or three memory modules are installed
in the DDR3 DIMM slots on this motherboard, it is unable to activate
Dual Channel Memory Technology.
If a pair of memory modules is NOT installed in the same Dual
Channel, for example, installing a pair of memory modules in
DDR3_A1 and DDR3_A2, it is unable to activate Dual Channel
Memory Technology.
It is not allowed to install a DDR or DDR2 memory module into
DDR3 slot; otherwise, this motherboard and DIMM may be dam-
aged.
Some DDR3 1GB double-sided DIMMs with 16 chips may not work
on this motherboard. It is not recommended to install them on this
motherboard.
ASRock Q77M vPro Motherboard
DDR3_B1
DDR3_B2
(Black Slot)
(Black Slot)
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