Intel DG43GT Product Guide - Page 14

Intel Desktop Board DG43GT Product Guide Main Memory NOTE To be fully compliant with all applicable Intel ® SDRAM memory specifications, the board should be populated with DIMMs that support the Serial Presence Detect (SPD) data structure. If your memory modules do not support SPD, you will see a notification to this effect on the screen at power up. The BIOS will attempt to configure the memory controller for normal operation. The Desktop Board supports the dual or single channel memory configurations defined below: • Four 240-pin Double Data Rate 2 (DDR2) SDRAM Dual Inline Memory Module (DIMM) connectors with gold-plated contacts • Support for: ⎯ Non-ECC, 1.8 V, DDR2 800/667 MHz memory ⎯ Serial Presence Detect (SPD) memory only ⎯ Unbuffered, non-registered single- or double-sided DIMMs (except double-sided DIMMs with x16 organization) ⎯ Memory configurations listed below: • Up to 2 GB utilizing 256 Mb technology • Up to 4 GB utilizing 512 Mb or 1 Gb technology • Up to 8 GB utilizing 1 Gb technology • Up tp 16 GB utilizing 2 Gb technology • A minimum of 512 MB of total memory is required NOTE System resources and hardware (such as PCI Express devices) require physical memory address locations that can reduce available addressable system memory. This could result in a reduction of as much as 1 GB or more of physical addressable memory being available to the operating system and applications, depending on the system configuration and operating system. Go to the following locations for more information about: • SDRAM specifications, http://intel.com/technology/memory/ • Installing memory, page 36 in Chapter 2 • Tested memory, http://cmtlabs.com/mbsearch.asp 14