Asus EX-B150M-V3 User Manual

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Chapter 1: Product introduction
System memory
Overview
ThismotherboardcomeswithtwoDoubleDataRate4(DDR4)DualInlineMemoryModule
(DIMM)sockets.ADDR4moduleisnotcheddifferentlyfromaDDR,DDR2,orDDR3module.
DONOTinstallaDDR,DDR2,orDDR3memorymoduletotheDDR4slot.
Channel Sockets
ChannelA DIMM_A1
ChannelB DIMM_B1
DIMM_A1
DIMM_B1
• YoumayinstallvaryingmemorysizesinChannelAandChannelB.Thesystem
mapsthetotalsizeofthelower-sizedchannelforthedual-channelconguration.Any
excessmemoryfromthehigher-sizedchannelisthenmappedforsingle-channel
operation.
• AlwaysinstalltheDIMMSwiththesameCASLatency.Foranoptimumcompatibility,
werecommendthatyouinstallmemorymodulesofthesameversionordatacode
(D/C)fromthesamevendor.Checkwiththevendortogetthecorrectmemory
modules.
• AccordingtoIntel
®
CPUspec,DIMMvoltagebelow1.35Visrecommendedtoprotect
theCPU.
• Duetothememoryaddresslimitationon32-bitWindows
®
OS,whenyouinstall4GB
ormorememoryonthemotherboard,theactualusablememoryfortheOScanbe
about3GBorless.Foreffectiveuseofmemory,werecommendthatyoudoanyofthe
following:
- Useamaximumof3GBsystemmemoryifyouareusinga32-bitWindows
®
OS.
 - Installa64-bitWindows
®
OSifyouwanttoinstall4GBormoreonthe
motherboard.
 - Formoredetails,refertotheMicrosoft
®
supportsiteathttp://support.microsoft.
com/kb/929605/en-us.
VisittheASUSwebsiteatwww.asus.comforthelatestQVL.
Installing a DIMM
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To remove a DIMM
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Asus EX-B150M-V3 Specifications

General

Brand	Asus
Model	EX-B150M-V3
Category	Motherboard
Language	English