We have a few dozen R900s shoved full of 8GB DIMMs. No complaints. It's not off-the-shelf memory though; they shipped this way.
On Thursday, May 20, 2010, Ski Kacoroski <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > Just wondering if any one has had luck with third party memory in a Dell > R905 server. I purchased a lot (96GB) to upgrade my R905 server and > went with third party (Crucial) memory because it was half the cost of > the Dell memory. The server does not recognize the memory. Both Dell > tech support and Crucial tech support said the specs on the Dell memory > and the Crucial are the same, but no luck. The machine is at the latest > bios, I followed the Dell procedures for memory installation and > configuration, and am using 4GB sticks. So before I send it all back > and try to find several more thousand $$$, has anyone been able to make > third party memory work and if so which brand and what if anything was > done to make it work. > > cheers, > > ski > > -- > "When we try to pick out anything by itself, we find it > connected to the entire universe" John Muir > > Chris "Ski" Kacoroski, [email protected], 206-501-9803 > or ski98033 on most IM services > _______________________________________________ > Tech mailing list > [email protected] > http://lopsa.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tech > This list provided by the League of Professional System Administrators > http://lopsa.org/ > _______________________________________________ Tech mailing list [email protected] http://lopsa.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tech This list provided by the League of Professional System Administrators http://lopsa.org/
