topic Re: Problem with 16gb RAM upgrade in Operating System - Microsoft

Problem with 16gb RAM upgrade

Billy Trent — Mon, 13 Dec 2010 02:16:45 GMT

I just wiped and loaded 2008 svr R2 64bit on an ML350 G5 and need to upgrade it's 4gb to 16gb RAM with two new kits of Kignston KTH-XW667/8g but the motherboard just beeps when installed. Updated the bios to 2010 and still won't work. Tested the RAM in a different brand of server and works fine. Anything necessary to increase RAM?

Re: Problem with 16gb RAM upgrade

Suman_1978 — Mon, 13 Dec 2010 04:23:56 GMT

HP ProLiant ML350 G5 models ship with PC2-5300 Fully Buffered DIMMs (DDR2-667)

Valid DIMM pair combinations use slots 1/5(Bank A), slots 2/6(Bank B), slots 3/7(Bank C), and slots 4/8(Bank D). Maximum supported memory is 16 GB

Make sure you are installing memory in correct slots.

Refer to this user guide for more help.
http://bizsupport1.austin.hp.com/bc/docs/support/SupportManual/c00709040/c00709040.pdf
Page# 36 and 13 for help.

Re: Problem with 16gb RAM upgrade

Billy Trent — Mon, 13 Dec 2010 04:32:15 GMT

Yes, full aware of the specs and where the pairs belong. I can install and run with each kit individually but when I install together the alarm goes off. I can install either 8gb kit with the old 4 gb kit and run but it will not take both 8gb kits together.

Re: Problem with 16gb RAM upgrade

Billy Trent — Mon, 13 Dec 2010 15:45:16 GMT

Problem Solved. I purchased ANOTHER kit of the same RAM hoping it would work with one of my existing and viola, it did. Something very odd with this server that I had to find a winning combination of RAM kits to make it work. I could get two kits to run individually but not when loaded together. As stated before, all of the kits worked in a different server.

Re: Problem with 16gb RAM upgrade

Suman_1978 — Tue, 14 Dec 2010 03:02:20 GMT

Good to know that a different kit solved the issue.
You can close this thread if the issue is solved.

Re: Problem with 16gb RAM upgrade

Billy Trent — Tue, 14 Dec 2010 03:59:07 GMT