Abit PD5NE Features - 2-16
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Chapter 2
¯ Installing System Memory
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DRAM
Memory
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When this mainboard was designed, we not only have taken into account
the present needs, but we have also tried to care about demands for future
upgrades:
2. 72-pin SIMM sockets:
PD5N support four 72 pin SIMM sockets
3. Easy installation
You just need to insert the modules, without the help of God. Isn
’t it
great?
Besides the features mentioned above, you can use simultaneously 72-pin
SIMM modules, but you will rarely encounter this kind of configuration. Before
you proceed with installation, be patient, first read what follows:
1. Factory default setting of the mainboard is for 60ns FP or EDO
modules.
If your memory modules are faster than 60ns, say 45ns, you can modify
the BIOS settings in order to speed up the operating speed of the
system. But if you don
’t want to modify these settings, or if you don’t
know how to modify them, it
’s no big deal.
But if you set the external CPU clock at 66MHz or more, we
recommend you use 60ns or even faster DRAM modules.
2. Memory error check and correction do not support this feature on
this mainboard.
The SIS 5598 chipset does not support this feature, since the memory
error check and correction feature may not be effective, and since you
cannot easily find memory modules with memory check and correction
feature, this mainboard does not support it.