ASUS P5N72-T Premium 2-15
2.4.2 Memory congurations
You may install 256 MB, 512 MB, 1 GB, and 2 GB unbuffered non-ECC DDR2
DIMMs into the DIMM sockets.
Recommended Memory Congurations
mapped for single-channel operation.
• Always install DIMMs with the same CAS latency. For optimum compatibility,
it is recommended that you obtain memory modules from the same vendor.
than 3GB because the address space is reserved for other critical functions.
This limitation appears on Windows
®
XP/Vista 32-bit operation system which
does not support Physical Address Extension (PAE).
• If you install Windows
®
XP/Vista 32-bit operation system, a total memory of
less than 3GB is recommended.
• This motherboard does not support memory modules made up of 128 Mb
chips.
Mode
Sockets
DIMM_A1 DIMM_A2 DIMM_B1 DIMM_B2
Single-Channel
Populated – – –
– – Populated –
Dual-channel (1)
Populated – Populated –
Dual-channel (2)
Populated Populated Populated Populated
64-bit
Windows
®
XP Professional x64 Edition
Windows
®
Vista x64 Edition
Notes on memory limitations
• Due to chipset limitation, this motherboard can only support up to 8 GB on
the operating systems listed below. You may install a maximum of 2 GB
DIMMs on each slot.
• Some old-version DDR2-800 DIMMs may not match Intel
®
’s
On-Die-Termination (ODT) requirement and will automatically downgrade to
run at DDR2-667. If this happens, contact your memory vendor to check the
ODT value.
• Due to chipset limitation, DDR2-800 with CL=4 will be downgraded to run
at DDR2-667 by default setting. If you want to operate with lower latency,
adjust the memory timing manually.