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will help us get there, with two sticks of Vengeance Pro 240-pin DDR3 2,400
MHz SDRAM,
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giving us a total of 16 GB of SDRAM in our PC.
Like other DDR3 sticks, the Vengeance Pro has a notch offset from the center
along the bottom connector pins. This notch aligns with a corresponding
bump in the RAM slots on the motherboard, as the next figure shows.
Figure 42—The notch on the bottom of the SDRAM corresponds with the bump on the
motherboard's SDRAM slot.
Before installing the SDRAM, discharge yourself in the usual
fashion before picking up the RAM with clean hands. Examine
the RAM slots in the motherboard and make sure there is no dust
or debris in the slots themselves.
Since we have only two RAM sticks to install for now, we'll insert the sticks
into the red DDR3 (the first and third) slots on the motherboard. Why not
use just any slot? Because we want the SDRAM to be paired in a dual-channel
memory configuration.
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This will allow us to read and write data on the SDRAM
memory modules much faster.
Before insertion, unclip the white fasteners on the top of the slots. These
clips, as shown in
Figure 43,
Unfasten the white clips on the top of the SDRAM
slots before installing the SDRAM sticks
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will clamp onto the RAM
and help lock it in place when the RAM sticks are properly inserted.
Align the notch on the bottom of the RAM stick with the bump in the RAM
slot and push the RAM stick down evenly into the slot. It's a tight fit, so you
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