A technician is building a new PC and notices that it has 8 DIMM sockets labeled 0 through 7. Four are white and four are blue. Which of the following should the technician do FIRST?

Installing memory in white slots without documentation is an unsupported assumption - slot colors are manufacturer-specific and do not universally indicate the correct channel pairing.

Installing memory in blue slots without documentation is equally arbitrary - the correct slots for optimal performance depend on the specific motherboard's channel layout.

Motherboard documentation specifies the exact slot pairing rules for dual-channel or quad-channel operation, maximum supported memory speeds, and recommended population sequences - color coding and numbering conventions differ between manufacturers, so assuming the correct slots without documentation risks running memory in single-channel mode or causing instability.

Installing in slots 0 through 3 without documentation may not align with the board's recommended population order, potentially resulting in single-channel rather than dual-channel operation.

Filling all slots is only appropriate if the technician has sufficient compatible modules and the motherboard documentation confirms fully populated operation is supported without timing or voltage conflicts.