User Manual

Chapter 2: Hardware Information
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2.3.3 Installing a DIMM on a single clip DIMM socket
3. Hold the DIMM at both ends then insert
the DIMM into the socket. Apply force to
both ends of the DIMM simultaneously
until the retaining clip clicks into place
and the DIMM is seated securely in
place.
Locked Retaining Clip
1. Press the retaining clip outward to
unlock the DIMM socket.
2. Align a DIMM on the socket such that
the notch on the DIMM matches the
DIMM slot key on the socket.
Unlocked retaining clip
DIMM notch
DIMM slot key
1. Press the retaining clip outward to
unlock the DIMM.
2. Remove the DIMM from the socket.
2.3.4 Removing a DIMM from a single clip DIMM socket
• To install two or more DIMMs, refer to the user guide bundled with the motherboard
package.
• Refertotheuserguideforqualiedvendorlistsofthememorymodules.
SupporttheDIMMlightlywithyourngerswhenpressingtheretainingclips.TheDIMM
mightgetdamagedwhenitipsoutwithextraforce.
Always insert the DIMM into the socket VERTICALLY to prevent DIMM notch damage.
ADIMMiskeyedwithanotchsothatittsinonlyonedirection.DONOTforceaDIMMinto
a socket in the wrong direction to avoid damaging the DIMM.