User`s guide

MegaRUM II PCI Motherboard User’s Guide
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Step 6 Install Memory
System Memory There are four 72-bit SDRAM DIMM (Dual Inline
Memory Module) sockets. System memory must be
populated one bank at a time. Each bank has one socket.
The minimum amount of system memory supported by the
MegaRUM II PCI is 8 MB. Each socket can hold one
DIMM. You can use:
• 1 MB x 64 (or 72),
• 2 MB x 64 (or 72),
• 4 MB x 64 (or 72),
• 8 MB x 64 (or 72),
• 16 MB x 64 (or 72),
• 32 MB x 64 (or 72), or
• 64 MB x 64 (or 72).
Fast Page Mode and EDO SIMMs cannot be mixed in
the same memory bank.
The MegaRUM II motherboard will support 128 MB
SIMMs when they become available, permitting up to 2
GB of system memory to be installed on the motherboard.
The motherboard supports SDRAM DIMM operating at
10 or 12 ns (RAS access time).
Memory Display System memory is reported by AMIBIOS as it boots and
again when the AMIBIOS System Configuration Screen is
displayed just before the operating system boots. The
memory displayed by AMIBIOS on the System
Configuration Screen is 384 KB less than the total
memory installed.
PC 100 Compatible Specifications
Parameter Specification
100 MHz Unbuffered SDRAM DIMM
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