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Chapter 2: Hardware Information
2.4.3 Installing a DIMM on a single clip DIMM socket
3. HoldtheDIMMbybothofitsends
then insert the DIMM vertically into the
socket.Applyforcetobothendsofthe
DIMM simultaneously until the retaining
clip snaps back into place and the
DIMM cannot be pushed in any further
to ensure proper sitting of the DIMM.
Locked Retaining Clip
1. UnlockaDIMMsocketbypressingthe
retaining clip outward.
2. AlignaDIMMonthesocketsuchthat
the notch on the DIMM matches the
DIMM slot key on the socket.
Unlocked retaining clip
DIMM notch
DIMM slot key
1. Presstheretainingclipoutwardto
unlock the DIMM.
2. Remove the DIMM from the socket.
Removing a DIMM from a single clip DIMM socket
ToinstalltwoormoreDIMMs,refertotheuserguidebundledinthemotherboardpackage.
SupporttheDIMMlightlywithyourngerswhenpressingtheretainingclips.TheDIMM
mightgetdamagedwhenitipsoutwithextraforce.
AlwaysinserttheDIMMintothesocketverticallytopreventDIMMnotchdamage.
ADIMMiskeyedwithanotchsothatittsinonlyonedirection.DONOTforceaDIMM
into a socket in the wrong direction to avoid damaging the DIMM.