DFI PE21-EC User manual

PE21-EC
PE21-EL
PE21-EC/A
PE21-EL/A
Rev. A+
Mainboard
User’s Manual
60100225

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Trademarks
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Windows NT® 4.0 and Windows® XP are registered trademarks of
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VIA Technologies, Inc. Award is a registered trademark of Award
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Caution
To avoid damage to the system:
• Use the correct AC input voltage range.
To reduce the risk of electric shock:
• Unplug the power cord before removing the system chassis
cover for installation or servicing. After installation or servicing,
cover the system chassis before plugging the power cord.

Battery:
• Danger of explosion if battery incorrectly replaced.
• Replace only with the same or equivalent type recommend by
the manufacturer.
• Dispose of used batteries according to the battery
manufacturer’s instructions.
Joystick or MIDI port:
• Do not use any joystick or MIDI device that requires more than
10A current at 5V DC. There is a risk of fire for devices that
exceed this limit.
FCC and DOC Statement on Class B
This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits
for a Class B digital device, pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC rules.
These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against
harmful interference when the equipment is operated in a residential
installation. This equipment generates, uses and can radiate radio
frequency energy and, if not installed and used in accordance with
the instruction manual, may cause harmful interference to radio
communications. However, there is no guarantee that interference
will not occur in a particular installation. If this equipment does cause
harmful interference to radio or television reception, which can be
determined by turning the equipment off and on, the user is
encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the
following measures:
• Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna.
• Increase the separation between the equipment and the receiver.
• Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from
that to which the receiver is connected.
• Consult the dealer or an experienced radio TV technician for
help.
Notice:
1. The changes or modifications not expressly approved by the
party responsible for compliance could void the user's authority
to operate the equipment.
. Shielded interface cables must be used in order to comply with
the emission limits.

Notice
This user’s manual contains detailed information about the
mainboard. If, in some cases, some information doesn’t match those
shown in the multilingual manual, the multilingual manual should
always be regarded as the most updated version. The multilingual
manual is included in the mainboard package.
To view the user’s manual, insert the CD into a CD-ROM drive. The
autorun screen (Main Board Utility CD) will appear. Click “User’s
Manual”.
Mainboard
This user’s manual is for the PE 1-EC, PE 1-EL, PE 1-EC/A and
PE 1-EL/A mainboards. The differences between these boards are
shown below.
RJ45 LAN port
Diagnostic LEDs
S/PDIF-in connector
S/PDIF-out connector
4CH audio connector
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PE21-EL
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PE21-EC
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PE21-EC/A
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PE21-EL/A

Table of Contents
Chapter 1 - Introduction
1.1 Features and Specifications..................................................................................
1. Package Checklist.........................................................................................................
Chapter 2 - Hardware Installation
.1 Mainboard Layout ...................................................................................................
. System Memory...........................................................................................................
.3 Jumper Settings for Clearing CMOS Data........................................
.4 Jumper Settings for Selecting the PS/ Power................................
.5 Jumper Settings for Selecting the USB Power.................................
.6 Jumper Settings for Selecting the CPU’s Front Side Bus......
.7 Por ts and Connectors...........................................................................................
Chapter 3 - Award BIOS Setup Utility
3.1 The Basic Input/Output System.....................................................................
3.1.1 Standard CMOS Features.............................................................
3.1. Advanced BIOS Features..............................................................
3.1.3 Advanced Chipset Features ......................................................
3.1.4 Integrated Peripherals.........................................................................
3.1.5 Power Management Setup............................................................
3.1.6 PnP/PCI Configurations....................................................................
3.1.7 PC Health Status...................................................................................
3.1.8 Frequency/Voltage Control............................................................
3.1.9 Load Fail-Safe Defaults.....................................................................
3.1.10 Load Optimized Defaults..............................................................
3.1.11 Set Supervisor Password...............................................................
3.1.1 Set User Password..............................................................................
3.1.13 Save & Exit Setup.................................................................................
3.1.14 Exit Without Saving..............................................................................
3. Updating the BIOS.....................................................................................................
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Chapter 4 - Supported Softwares
4.1 Desktop Management Interface.................................................................
4. Drivers, Utilities and Software Applications.....................................
4.3 6-Channel Audio Output via Software...............................................
4.4 Installation Notes......................................................................................................
Appendi A - Using the Suspend to RAM
Function
A.1 Using the Suspend to RAM Function...................................................
Appendi B - System Error Messages
B.1 POST Beep....................................................................................................................
B. Error Messages...........................................................................................................
Appendi C - Troubleshooting
C.1 Troubleshooting Checklist.................................................................................
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1.1 Features and Specifications
1.1.1 Features
Chipset
• VIA® P4X400 chipset
- VT8754/VT8 35CD
Processor
The mainboard is equipped with Socket 478 for installing a Pentium®
4 or Celeron® processor.
• Intel® Pentium® 4 processor (478-pin)
- 533MHz system data bus - supports up to .53 GHz CPU
speed
- 400MHz system data bus - supports up to .4 GHz CPU
speed
• Intel® Celeron® processor (478-pin)
- 400MHz system data bus - supports up to 1.7 GHz CPU
speed
System Memory
• Three 184-pin DDR DIMM sockets
• Supports up to 3GB using PC1600 (DDR 00), PC 100
(DDR 66) or PC 700 (DDR333) unbuffered DDR SDRAM
DIMM, .5V type
Chapter 1 - Introduction
DIMMs
2MBx64
4MBx64
8MBx64
Memory Size
16MB
32MB
64MB
DIMMs
16MBx64
32MBx64
64MBx64
Memory Size
128MB
256MB
512MB

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Expansion Slots
The mainboard is equipped with 1 universal AGP slot and 6 PCI
slots.
AGP is an interface designed to support high performance 3D
graphics cards. It utilizes a dedicated pipeline to access system
memory for texturing, z-buffering and alpha blending. The universal
AGP slot supports AGP 8x with up to 133MB/sec. bandwidth and
AGP 4x with up to 1066MB/sec. bandwidth for 3D graphics
applications. AGP in this mainboard will deliver faster and better
graphics to your PC.
Onboard Audio eatures
• Supports Microsoft® DirectSound/DirectSound 3D
• AC’97 supported with full duplex, independent sample rate
converter for audio recording and playback
• S/PDIF-in/out compressed digital output (PE 1-EC/A and
PE 1-EL/A only)
• -channel audio output (PE 1-EC and PE 1-EL only)
• 6-channel audio output (PE 1-EC/A and PE 1-EL/A only)
Onboard LAN eatures (PE21-EL and PE21-EL/A only)
• Integrated LAN controller
• Integrated IEEE 80 .3, 10BASE-T and 100BASE-TX compatible
PHY
• 3 -bit PCI master interface
• Integrated power management functions
• Full duplex support at both 10 and 100 Mbps
• Supports IEEE 80 .3u auto-negotiation
• Suppor ts wire for management
Rear Panel I/O Ports (PC 99 color-coded connectors)
• Two USB .0 ports (compliant with USB 1.1)
• One RJ45 LAN port (PE 1-EL and PE 1-EL/A only)
• Two DB-9 serial ports
• One DB- 5 parallel port
• One mini-DIN-6 PS/ mouse port
• One mini-DIN-6 PS/ keyboard port
• One game/MIDI port
• Three audio jacks: line-out, line-in and mic-in

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I/O Connectors
• Two connectors for 4 additional external USB .0 ports
(compliant with USB 1.1)
• One connector for external line-out and mic-in jacks
• Two internal audio connectors (AUX-in and CD-in)
• One 4-channel audio output connector (PE 1-EC/A and
PE 1-EL/A only)
• One S/PDIF-in connector (PE 1-EC/A and PE 1-EL/A only)
• One S/PDIF-out connector (PE 1-EC/A and PE 1-EL/A only)
• One connector for IrDA interface
• Two IDE connectors
• One floppy drive interface supports up to two .88MB floppy
drives
• Two ATX power supply connectors
• One Wake-On-LAN connector
• One Wake-On-Ring connector
• CPU fan, chassis fan and second chassis fan connectors
PCI Bus Master IDE Controller
• Two PCI IDE interfaces support up to four IDE devices
• Supports ATA/33, ATA/66, ATA/100 and ATA/133 hard drives
• UDMA Modes 3, 4, 5 and 6 Enhanced IDE (data transfer rate
up to 133MB/sec.)
• Bus mastering reduces CPU utilization during disk transfer
• Supports ATAPI CD-ROM, LS-1 0 and ZIP
S/PDI (PE21-EC/A and PE21-EL/A only)
The system board is equipped with the S/PDIF (Sony/Philips Digital
Interface) digital audio interface. S/PDIF is a standard audio file
transfer format that transfers digital audio signals to a device without
having to be converted first to an analog format. This prevents the
quality of the audio signal from degrading whenever it is converted
to analog.
IrDA Interface
The mainboard is equipped with an IrDA connector for wireless
connectivity between your computer and peripheral devices.

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USB Ports
The mainboard supports 6 USB .0 (compliant with USB 1.1) ports.
USB 1.1 supports 1 Mb/second bandwidth while USB .0 supports
480Mb/second bandwidth providing a marked improvement in
device transfer speeds between your computer and a wide range of
simultaneously accessible external Plug and Play peripherals.
BIOS
• Award BIOS, Windows® 98/ 000/ME/XP Plug and Play
compatible
• Supports SCSI sequential boot-up
• Flash EPROM for easy BIOS upgrades
• Supports DMI .0 function
• Mbit flash memory
Desktop Management Interface (DMI)
The mainboard comes with a DMI .0 built into the BIOS. The DMI
utility in the BIOS automatically records various information about
your system configuration and stores these information in the DMI
pool, which is a part of the system board's Plug and Play BIOS.
DMI, along with the appropriately networked software, is designed
to make inventory, maintenance and troubleshooting of computer
systems easier. Refer to chapter 4 for instructions on using the DMI
utility.
1.1.2 System Health Monitor Functions
The mainboard is capable of monitoring the following “system health”
conditions.
• Monitors the temperature of the CPU and system; and overheat
alarm
• Monitors CPU/3.3V/5V/±1 V/VDIMM/VBAT/5VSB voltages and
failure alarm
• Monitors the fan speed of the CPU fan and chassis fan; and
failure alarm
• Automatic chassis fan on/off control
• Read back capability that displays temperature, voltage and fan
speed

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Refer to the “PC Health Status” section in chapter 3 and the
“Hardware Monitor” section in chapter 4 for more information.
1.1.3 Intelligence
Automatic Chassis an Off
The chassis fan will automatically turn off once the system enters the
S3 (STR - Suspend To RAM) state.
Dual unction Power Button
Depending on the setting in the “Soft-Off By PWRBTN” field of the
Power Management Setup, this switch will allow the system to enter
the Soft-Off or Suspend mode.
Wake-On-Ring
This feature allows the system that is in the Suspend mode or Soft
Power Off mode to wake-up/power-on to respond to calls coming
through an internal or external modem. Refer to “Wake-On-Ring
Connector” in chapter and “Resume On LAN/Ring” (“IRQ/Event
Activity Detect” field) in the Power Management Setup section in
chapter 3 for more information.
Important:
If you are using a modem add-in card, the 5VSB power source
of your power supply must support ≥720mA
Wake-On-LAN
The Wake-On-LAN function allows the network to remotely wake
up a Soft Power Down (Soft-Off) PC. Your LAN card must support
the remote wakeup function. Refer to “Wake-On-LAN Connector” in
chapter and “Resume On LAN/Ring” (“IRQ/Event Activity Detect”
field) in the Power Management Setup section in chapter 3 for more
information.
Important:
The 5VSB power source of your power supply must support
≥720mA

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Wake-On-PS/2 Keyboard
This function allows you to use the PS/ keyboard to wake up the
system from the S5 state. Refer to “Jumper Settings for Selecting the
PS/ Power” in chapter and “PS KB Wakeup Select” (“IRQ/Event
Activity Detect” field) in the Power Management section in chapter 3
for more information.
Important:
• If you forgot the password, you must power-off the system,
unplug the power cord and clear the CMOS data Follow
the steps in the “Jumper Settings for Clearing CMOS Data”
section in chapter 2
• The 5VSB power source of your power supply must
support ≥720mA
Wake-On-USB Keyboard/Mouse
This function allows you to use a USB keyboard or USB mouse to
wake up a system from the S3 (STR - Suspend To RAM) state. Refer
to “Jumper Settings for Selecting the USB Power” in chapter and
“USB Resume from S3” (“IRQ/Event Activity Detect” field) in the
Power Management Setup section in chapter 3 for more information.
Important:
• If you are using the Wake-On-USB Keyboard/Mouse
function for 2 USB ports, the 5VSB power source of your
power supply must support ≥1 5A
• If you are using the Wake-On-USB Keyboard/Mouse
function for 3 or more USB ports, the 5VSB power source
of your power supply must support ≥2A
RTC Timer to Power-on the System
The RTC installed on the mainboard allows your system to auto-
matically power-on on the set date and time. Refer to “Resume On-
Alarm” (“IRQ/Event Activity Detect” field) in the Power Management
Setup section in chapter 3 for more information.

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ACPI STR
The mainboard is designed to meet the ACPI (Advanced Configura-
tion and Power Interface) specification. ACPI has energy saving fea-
tures that enables PCs to implement Power Management and Plug-
and-Play with operating systems that support OS Direct Power
Management. Currently, only Windows® 98/ 000/ME/XP supports
the ACPI function. ACPI when enabled in the Power Management
Setup will allow you to use the Suspend to RAM function.
With the Suspend to RAM function enabled, you can power-off the
system at once by pressing the power button or selecting “Standby”
when you shut down Windows® 98/ 000/ME/XP without having to
go through the sometimes tiresome process of closing files,
applications and operating system. This is because the system is
capable of storing all programs and data files during the entire
operating session into RAM (Random Access Memory) when it
powers-off. The operating session will resume exactly where you left
off the next time you power-on the system. Refer to “Using the
Suspend to RAM Function” in appendix A for more information.
Important:
The 5VSB power source of your power supply must support
≥1A
AC Power ailure Recovery
When power returns after an AC power failure, you may choose to
either power-on the system manually, let the system power-on
automatically or return to the state where you left off before power
failure occurs. Refer to “PWR Lost Resume State” in the Power
Management Setup section in chapter 3 for more information.
Virus Protection
Most viruses today destroy data stored in hard drives. The
mainboard is designed to protect the boot sector and partition
table of your hard disk drive.

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1.2 Package Checklist
The mainboard package contains the following items:
The mainboard
A user’s manual
One IDE cable for ATA/33, ATA/66, ATA/100 or ATA/133 IDE
drives
One 34-pin floppy disk drive cable
One card-edge bracket mounted with 1 S/PDIF-in port and 1
S/PDIF-out port (optional)
One card-edge bracket mounted with a 4-channel audio output
connector (optional)
One “Main Board Utility” CD
If any of these items are missing or damaged, please contact your
dealer or sales representative for assistance.

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2.1 Mainboard Layout
Chapter 2 - Hardware Installation
PE21-EC
1
RESET
SPEAKER HD-LED
J1
KB
Mouse
Socket 478
CN1
USB 1
USB 2
COM 1 (J2)
Parallel (J3)
COM 2 (J4)
Game/MIDI (J7)
Line
out
(J5)
Line
in
(J6)
Mic
in
(J8)
PS/2 power
select (JP2)
USB power select
for USB 1/2 (JP1)
+12V power
(ATXP1)
4
3
2
1
VIA
VT8754
CPU FSB select
(JP3 and JP8)
CD-in
(J9)
2
19
10
Front
audio (J10)
AUX-in (J11)
PCI Standby Power LED
IrDA (J15)
I/O
chip
BIOS
AGP Slot
PCI Slot 1
PCI Slot 2
PCI Slot 3
PCI Slot 4
PCI Slot 5
PCI Slot 6
DIMM Standby
Power LED
CPU fan
(J23)
ATX power
(J24)
DDR 1
DDR 2 DDR 3
VIA
VT8235CD
IDE 1 (J19)
IDE 2 (J20)
FDD (J21)
Clear CMOS
(JP6)
Chassis fan (J25)
Wake-On-
LAN (J27)
Wake-On-
Ring (J26)
Battery
USB 3/4
(J17) USB 5/6 (J18)
PWR-LED
G-SW
ATX-SW
G-LED
Second
chassis fan (J16)
2
19
10
2
19
10
USB power select
for USB 3-6 (JP4) J22
1
2
20
19
1
10
11
20
Square denotes pin 1
JP3
JP8
AC’97

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PE21-EC/A
(Supports 6-channel audio - S/PDIF-in/out and 4-channel audio connectors)
1
RESET
SPEAKER HD-LED
J1
KB
Mouse
Socket 478
CN1
USB 1
USB 2
COM 1 (J2)
Parallel (J3)
COM 2 (J4)
Game/MIDI (J7)
Line
out
(J5)
Line
in
(J6)
Mic
in
(J8)
+12V power
(ATXP1)
4
3
2
1
VIA
VT8754
CPU FSB select
(JP3 and JP8)
CD-in
(J9)
2
19
10 Front
audio (J10)
AUX-in (J11)
S/PDIF-
out (J13)
4CH audio (J14)
AC’97
S/PDIF-in
(J12) PCI Standby Power LED
IrDA (J15)
I/O
chip
BIOS
AGP Slot
PCI Slot 1
PCI Slot 2
PCI Slot 3
PCI Slot 4
PCI Slot 5
PCI Slot 6
DIMM Standby
Power LED
CPU fan
(J23)
ATX power
(J24)
DDR 1
DDR 2 DDR 3
VIA
VT8235CD
FDD (J21)
Clear CMOS
(JP6)
Chassis fan (J25)
Wake-On-
LAN (J27)
Wake-On-
Ring (J26)
Battery
USB 3/4
(J17) USB 5/6 (J18)
PWR-LED
G-SW
ATX-SW
G-LED
Second
chassis fan (J16)
2
17
2
19
10
2
19
10
USB power select
for USB 3-6 (JP4) J22
1
2
20
19
1
10
11
20
Square denotes pin 1
JP3
JP8
PS/2 power
select (JP2)
USB power select
for USB 1/2 (JP1)
IDE 1 (J19)
IDE 2 (J20)

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PE21-EL
(Supports onboard LAN and Diagnostic L Ds)
1
RESET
SPEAKER HD-LED
J1
KB
Mouse
Socket 478
CN1
LAN
USB 1
USB 2
COM 1 (J2)
Parallel (J3)
COM 2 (J4)
Game/MIDI (J7)
Line
out
(J5)
Line
in
(J6)
Mic
in
(J8)
+12V power
(ATXP1)
4
3
2
1
VIA
VT8754
CPU FSB select
(JP3 and JP8)
CD-in
(J9)
2
19
10 Front
audio (J10)
AUX-in (J11)
AC’97
PCI Standby Power LED
IrDA (J15)
I/O
chip
BIOS
AGP Slot
PCI Slot 1
PCI Slot 2
PCI Slot 3
PCI Slot 4
PCI Slot 5
PCI Slot 6
DIMM Standby
Power LED
CPU fan
(J23)
ATX power
(J24)
DDR 1
DDR 2 DDR 3
VIA
VT8235CD
FDD (J21)
Clear CMOS
(JP6)
Chassis fan (J25)
Wake-On-
LAN (J27)
Wake-On-
Ring (J26)
Battery
USB 3/4
(J17) USB 5/6 (J18)
PWR-LED
G-SW
ATX-SW
G-LED
Second
chassis fan (J16)
2
19
10
2
19
10
USB power
select for
USB 3-6 (JP4)
LED 3
LED 2 LED 4 LED 5 J22
1
2
20
19
1
10
11
20
Square denotes pin 1
JP3
JP8
PS/2 power
select (JP2)
USB power select
for USB 1/2 (JP1)
IDE 1 (J19)
IDE 2 (J20)

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PE21-EL/A
(Supports onboard LAN, Diagnostic L Ds and
6-channel audio - S/PDIF-in/out and 4-channel audio connectors)
Note:
The illustrations on the following pages are based on the mainboard
that supports onboard LAN.
1
RESET
SPEAKER HD-LED
J1
KB
Mouse
Socket 478
CN1
LAN
USB 1
USB 2
COM 1 (J2)
Parallel (J3)
COM 2 (J4)
Game/MIDI (J7)
Line
out
(J5)
Line
in
(J6)
Mic
in
(J8)
+12V power
(ATXP1)
4
3
2
1
VIA
VT8754
CPU FSB select
(JP3 and JP8)
CD-in
(J9)
2
19
10
Front
audio (J10)
AUX-in (J11)
S/PDIF-
out (J13)
4CH audio (J14)
AC’97
S/PDIF-in
(J12) PCI Standby Power LED
IrDA (J15)
I/O
chip
BIOS
AGP Slot
PCI Slot 1
PCI Slot 2
PCI Slot 3
PCI Slot 4
PCI Slot 5
PCI Slot 6
DIMM Standby
Power LED
CPU fan
(J23)
ATX power
(J24)
DDR 1
DDR 2 DDR 3
VIA
VT8235CD
FDD (J21)
Clear CMOS
(JP6)
Chassis fan (J25)
Wake-On-
LAN (J27)
Wake-On-
Ring (J26)
Battery
USB 3/4
(J17) USB 5/6 (J18)
PWR-LED
G-SW
ATX-SW
G-LED
Second
chassis fan (J16)
2
17
2
19
10
2
19
10
USB power
select for
USB 3-6 (JP4)
LED 3
LED 2 LED 4 LED 5 J22
1
2
20
19
1
10
11
20
Square denotes pin 1
JP3
JP8
PS/2 power
select (JP2)
USB power select
for USB 1/2 (JP1)
IDE 1 (J19)
IDE 2 (J20)

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2.2 System Memory
Warning:
lectrostatic discharge ( SD) can damage your mainboard, processor,
disk drives, add-in boards, and other components. Perform the
upgrade instruction procedures described at an SD workstation only.
If such a station is not available, you can provide some SD
protection by wearing an antistatic wrist strap and attaching it to a
metal part of the system chassis. If a wrist strap is unavailable,
establish and maintain contact with the system chassis throughout
any procedures requiring SD protection.
DDR 1
DDR 2
DDR 3
The system board is equipped with three 184-pin DDR SDRAM
DIMM (Dual In-line Memory Module sockets that suppor t 2.5V
DDR SDRAM DIMM. Double Data Rate SDRAM (DDR SDRAM is
a type of SDRAM that doubles the data rate through reading and
writing at both the rising and falling edge of each clock. This
effectively doubles the speed of operation therefore doubling the
speed of data transfer.
Refer to chapter 1 (System Memory section for detailed
specification of the memory supported by the system board.
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2.2.1 Installing the DIM Module
A DIM module simply snaps into a DIMM socket on the system
board. Pin 1 of the DIM module must correspond with Pin 1 of the
socket.
1. Pull the “tabs” which are at the ends of the socket to the side.
2. Position the DIMM above the socket with the “notch” in the
module aligned with the “key” on the socket.
3. Seat the module vertically into the socket. Make sure it is
completely seated. The tabs will hold the DIMM in place.
Pin 1
Notch
Key
Tab Tab