For what it's worth, we just tried generic RAM in our 2950 Gen III recently . it took the memory ok but we had some "weirdness" and removed it.
Bought Dell certified memory and zero problems..;) Of course, these servers are all under warranty as well so we wanted to play safe. Paul From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Gene Tang Sent: August 4, 2009 7:04 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Ram Types for PE2950 Hi there, This may seem like a silly question that is easily solved, however, I am asking before the fact, so I don't waste money on purchasing components that won't work. We are currently looking to purchase RAM for our PowerEdge 2950 Gen III Servers. The servers use DDR2-667 FBDIMM Ram. After receiving a quote from Dell, they want to charge us $1600 for 16GB (4 x 4GB Dimm) of RAM. Our local supplier can provide the same amount for $800, however, the catch is that the RAM is Super Talent branded RAM. The OEM Ram that comes with the servers are Hynix branded (Part number: HYMP151F72CP8D5-Y5). What we want to do is shift all the Hynix Ram from one server into another PE2950, and place all the Super Talent RAM into this server. This would prevent different a server having a mixture of RAM types from different makers (as well as prevent potential speed differences and so on). I suspect it should be fine, but want to double check if this would indeed work with no issues? Thanks in advance for any advice you can give me. Regards, Gene Tang
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