Timeline for answer to What does "DIMM socket support" mean in a QVL (Qualified Vendors List) over RAMS for a motherboard? by Drew Chapin
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| Aug 9, 2014 at 12:24 | vote | accept | corgrath | ||
| Aug 9, 2014 at 11:36 | comment | added | Hannu |
> motherboard only "supports" if you have 2 of them - that is normally due to the fact that you need to fill all 'positions' of the databus - one module might provide e.g. 32 bits of data at a time, the MB/CPU may need 64 at a time.
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| Aug 9, 2014 at 9:33 | comment | added | corgrath | Do you know what the "optional" might refer too? | |
| Aug 9, 2014 at 9:25 | comment | added | corgrath | So if a certain memory has a dot in the "2 DIMM" column, they have tested and verified it by actually using separate physical memory cards? That's really annoying. Planning on buying a 8GB card, but according to the QVL the motherboard only "supports" if you have 2 of them (due to a dot in the "2 DIMM" column. | |
| Aug 9, 2014 at 9:21 | history | edited | Drew Chapin | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Aug 9, 2014 at 9:15 | history | answered | Drew Chapin | CC BY-SA 3.0 |