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Here we have the DIMM slots for your DDR2 memory. Obviously go dual-channel with two or four modules. 4 x 240-pin DIMM socket Dual Channel DDR2, a maximum of 8GB of DDR2 533/667/800/1200MHz SLI-Ready memory can be used.

Make sure that the DIMM colours correspond. The position of the DIMM slots is good, the retention clips are not blocking the graphics card and vice versa.

When we move the camera to the left we stumble into the SATA and PATA ports with above it passively cooled the MCP chipset (Southbridge).

It's a little hard to spot but the grey'ish block just below the MCP is a diagnostic LED. This is a debug LED that displays "port 80" codes using two seven-segment displays. It was added for quick troubleshooting. I think that over 150 debug codes can be displayed. So if your CMOS malfunctions, or your memory has an issue, you grab your manual and seek up the error code. Now you know where to look and how to fix it. A pretty cool feature.

Still present and really handy, micro switches to reset and/or power up/down the PC. A tweakers necessity during his everlasting quest to overclock the memory and processor

Last photo then; 3 x PCIe x16 Graphics expansion slots, 1 x PCIe x1, 2 x PCI 32-bit with support for PCI 2.1