Btw, also from your manual (page 5-1):manual_ga-m56s-s3_e wrote:1-4-1 Dual Channel Memory Configuration
This motherboard provides four DDR2 memory sockets and supports Dual Channel
Technology. After the memory is installed, the BIOS will automatically detect the
specifications and capacity of the memory. Enabling Dual Channel memory mode
will double the original memory bandwidth.
The four DDR2 memory sockets are divided into two channels and each channel has two memory
sockets as following:
Channel 0: DDRII_1, DDRII_3
Channel 1: DDRII_2, DDRII_4
Source gigabyteAt least two SATA hard drives (to ensure optimal performance, it is recommended that you use
two hard drives with identical model and capacity).
OK... didn't see your last post.
Colour coding here apparently means 1 + 3 / 2 + 4