Asus MAXIMUS III EXTREME User manual

P7P55/P7H57/P7H55 series motherboards installation notices 1
P7P55/P7H57/P7H55 series motherboards
installation notices
Intel®LGA1156 processor and chipset combination instruction
IE5413
15G062333100
Chipset PCI Express x16 slot
CPU type
Clarkdale CPU
(with integrated GPU) Lynneld CPU
H57/H55
PCIe x16_1 (blue) O O
PCIe x16_2 (white)* X O
PCIe x16_2 (black)* O O
P55
PCIe x16_1 (blue) No limitation No limitation
PCIe x16_2 (white)* No limitation No limitation
PCIe x16_2 (black)* No limitation No limitation
PCIe x16_3* (black) No limitation No limitation
* The color of the PCIe x16_2 slot varies by model.
** The PCIe x16_2 slot can work at maximum x8 link only.
Memory congurations
CPU type
Chipset
Clarkdale CPU
(with integrated GPU) Lynneld CPU
H57/H55 • Integrated GPU enabled
• HDMI/DVI/D-Sub ports enabled* Discrete VGA card required
P55 Discrete VGA card required Discrete VGA card required
* Only available for the motherboards with this function.
Congurations for the PCI Express x16 slots
According to Intel®CPU spec, the PCIe x16_2 slot of the H57/H55 chipset will be disabled
when using Clarkdale CPU. Refer to below table for details.
CPU type
DRAM modules
Clarkdale CPU
(with integrated GPU) Lynneld CPU
1 DIMM
supports one module inserted into
ANY slot as Single-channel memory
conguration
supports one module inserted into
Slot A1 or B1 as Single-channel
memory conguration
2 DIMMs
supports two modules inserted into
either the blue slots or the black slots
as one pair of Dual-channel memory
conguration
supports two modules inserted
into the blue slots (A1 and B1) as
one pair of Dual-channel memory
conguration
4 DIMMs supports four modules inserted into both the blue and the black slots as two
pairs of Dual-channel memory conguration