Memory compatibility with DL385

[Mark Woodruff]

Anyone know if DIMMs with 487005-061 (spare 487945-001) are compatible with DL385s? We've had over a 70% failure rather on them, where the check memory lights come on the front panel of any server they're installed in.

[Jimmy Vance]

Since your other posts refer to a DL385 G5 I'm just guessing that's the model you are asking about here.

Have you updated the system ROM? There are known memory related BIOS issues

Online ROM Flash Component for Windows - HP ProLiant DL385 G2/DL385 G5 (A09) Servers

http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/SoftwareDescription.jsp?lang=en&cc=us&prodTypeId=15351&prodSeriesId=3646113&swItem=MTX-f38420e54bdf4d1585ac6df053&prodNameId=3646114&swEnvOID=1005&swLang=8&taskId=135&mode=5

[Jan Soska]

Hello,
check this: http://partsurfer.hp.com/Search.aspx?SearchText=487945-001 - there is list of servers using it, including dl385 g5.

lets try firmware updates as mentioned above.

Jan

[Mark Woodruff]

Even with the latest firmware (2009.07.11) the low power memory (487945-001) simply doesn't work most of the time in DL385 G2, G5, or DL585 G2 systems we've tried. The regular power memory (432670-001) has worked every time.