Problem with adding extra memory
Hi there,
I am a new user of a linux workstation: Intel® Xeon(R) CPU E5-2630 v3 @ 2.40GHz × 16 62.7 GiB 64-bit I wanted to add some memory in the memory(16gm ddr4-2133 1.2v dr*4rdim) slot. But after adding them my machine doesn't start up. What should I do now? |
What you should do is remove the new memory and reinstall the old memory to get your system back online.
The memory you add and where you add it is dependent on who made the system. You must use memory that is compatible with the system. Often you must install memory in pairs or other physically interleaved layouts before the system will recognize it. Again you'd have to find out who made your system (or mother board) to determines the specifications and memory layout scheme required. Of course it could be that you simply got a bad DIMM if you have the right specifications. If so and you bought more than one DIMM you could try installing less than all the DIMMs to see if it works trading out one DIMM at a time (or in pairs if required) until you figure out which one was bad. That last time I saw this the new DIMMs fit perfectly into the system (a Dell PowerEdge R410) but were not actually compatible with the system so it wouldn't boot until we returned them for the correct DIMMs for that system. That is to say the DIMMs weren't defective, they simply didn't match the specifications of the system we'd installed them in. |
Thank you very much for your kind suggestions. How can I reinstall old memory?
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how did you add the new memory?
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My free Dell servers are picky on whether Full Buffered or Non Buffered memory sticks are inserted in the slots. Some like Full Buffered. Some Like Non Buffered. If I wish to make them non bootable. I just need to put a Non Buffered stick in a Full Buffered stick box. Ram is complicated that way. |
I just added those memory in the blank slots.
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Did you try booting with just the new memory stick? |
so you can just remove them again, or remove the old ones...
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I removed the new memory and the computer is running.
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How can I boot if the computer doesn't start.
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With new memory sticks my computer doesn't turn on. When I remove them it works fine.
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Even my Chromebook tells me what is compatible Code:
dimm | 0 Code:
sudo lshw Code:
sudo dmidecode --type memory Code:
sudo dmidecode --type 17 |
new memory is DDR4-2133 1.2v DR*4 RDIM
Handle 0x0081, DMI type 7, 19 bytes
Cache Information Socket Designation: CPU Internal L3 Configuration: Enabled, Not Socketed, Level 3 Operational Mode: Write Back Location: Internal Installed Size: 20480 kB Maximum Size: 20480 kB Supported SRAM Types: Unknown Installed SRAM Type: Unknown Speed: Unknown Error Correction Type: Single-bit ECC System Type: Unified Associativity: 20-way Set-associative Handle 0x0082, DMI type 4, 42 bytes Processor Information Socket Designation: SOCKET 2 Type: Central Processor Family: Xeon Manufacturer: Intel ID: F2 06 03 00 FF FB EB BF Signature: Type 0, Family 6, Model 63, Stepping 2 Flags: FPU (Floating-point unit on-chip) VME (Virtual mode extension) DE (Debugging extension) PSE (Page size extension) TSC (Time stamp counter) MSR (Model specific registers) PAE (Physical address extension) MCE (Machine check exception) CX8 (CMPXCHG8 instruction supported) APIC (On-chip APIC hardware supported) SEP (Fast system call) MTRR (Memory type range registers) PGE (Page global enable) MCA (Machine check architecture) CMOV (Conditional move instruction supported) PAT (Page attribute table) PSE-36 (36-bit page size extension) CLFSH (CLFLUSH instruction supported) DS (Debug store) ACPI (ACPI supported) MMX (MMX technology supported) FXSR (FXSAVE and FXSTOR instructions supported) SSE (Streaming SIMD extensions) SSE2 (Streaming SIMD extensions 2) SS (Self-snoop) HTT (Multi-threading) TM (Thermal monitor supported) PBE (Pending break enabled) Version: Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2630 v3 @ 2.40GHz Voltage: 1.8 V External Clock: 100 MHz Max Speed: 4000 MHz Current Speed: 2400 MHz Status: Populated, Enabled Upgrade: Socket LGA2011-3 L1 Cache Handle: 0x007F L2 Cache Handle: 0x0080 L3 Cache Handle: 0x0081 Serial Number: Not Specified Asset Tag: Not Specified Part Number: Not Specified Core Count: 8 Core Enabled: 8 Thread Count: 16 Characteristics: 64-bit capable Multi-Core Hardware Thread Execute Protection Enhanced Virtualization Power/Performance Control Handle 0x0083, DMI type 38, 18 bytes IPMI Device Information Interface Type: KCS (Keyboard Control Style) Specification Version: 2.0 I2C Slave Address: 0x10 NV Storage Device: Not Present Base Address: 0x0000000000000CA2 (I/O) Register Spacing: Successive Byte Boundaries Handle 0x0084, DMI type 13, 22 bytes BIOS Language Information Language Description Format: Long Installable Languages: 1 en|US|iso8859-1 Currently Installed Language: en|US|iso8859-1 Handle 0x0085, DMI type 127, 4 bytes End Of Table |
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