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End of Interactive Support
Intel is announcing the end of interactive support for the Intel® CA810 Motherboard. See the End of Interactive Support Announcement for details.

Important Notes System Memory Combinations

The motherboard has two, dual inline memory module (DIMM) sockets. Minimum memory size is 32 MB (using one 32 MB DIMM or two 16 MB DIMMs); maximum memory size is 512 MB. Due to the video requirements of the Intel CA810 Motherboard, minimum memory for the Windows NT* 4.0 operating system is 64 MB. The BIOS automatically detects memory type, size, and speed.

The motherboard supports the following memory features:

  • 168-pin DIMMs with gold-plated contacts
  • 100 MHz SDRAM
  • Non-ECC (64-bit)
  • 3.3 V memory only
  • 100 MHz memory may be either Serial Presence Detect (SPD) or non-SPD memory
  • Unbuffered single- or double-sided DIMMs in the following sizes:

    DIMM Size Non-ECC Configuration

    16 MB 2M x 64

    32 MB 4M x 64

    64 MB 8M x 64

    128 MB 16M x 64

    256 MB  32M x 64  

Note: Because the main system memory is also used as video memory, the Intel CA810 Motherboard require 100 MHz SDRAM DIMMs even though the processor front side bus is 66 MHz.It is highly recommended that SPD DIMMs be used, since this allows the chipset to accurately configure memory settings for optimum performance. If non-SPD memory is installed, the BIOS will attempt to correctly configure the memory settings, but performance and reliability may be impacted.

All memory components and DIMMs used with the Intel CA810 Motherboard must comply with the PC SDRAM Unbuffered DIMM Specification. You can access this document through the Internet at: http://www.intel.com/technology/memory/index.htm See Section 6.2 for information about this SDRAM DIMM specification.

DIMM Vendors - Web Sites

The list below contains vendors that have tested their memory for Intel® CA810 Motherboard, and that have their products listed on their own website. Please visit their sites to obtain information on their products.

Note: The following links will take you off of the Intel web site.  Intel is not responsible for the content of these sites.


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This applies to:
Intel® CA810 Motherboard



Solution ID: CS-012830
Date Created: 30-Jun-2004
Last Modified: 31-Oct-2006
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