Darren S
ClioSport Club Member
First time I've come across this situation....
We've got a HP-Compaq Proliant ML350 G5 running 2x dual core Xeons (5140 spec) that had been running on 4GB memory.
I bought a replacement wedge of memory - 4x 4GB full buffered Kingston sticks and the server has thrown a right paddy.
Looking closer at the HP tech sheets, it appears that there are different flavours of dual core Xeons that have a bearing on how much memory this ML350 G5 can take:-
So, because of this slight change in Xeon-spec, it's memory 'visibility' is halved? The mobo has to be maxed-out with 8x 2GB sticks now as it flatly refuses to see even one pairing of 4GB memory.
The final kick in the teeth is the fact that a lower spec ML150 G5 will happily run on 4x 4GB sticks - even though HP's tech docs say that it can't!
I wouldn't mind so much, but it's running SQL 2005 and wanted to try it on 16GB first and then maybe 32GB memory at a later stage as the server O/S is Windows 2003 Enterprise Edition. Just would have been a bonus to have been able to access the full 32GB at a later date.
Feckers.
D.
We've got a HP-Compaq Proliant ML350 G5 running 2x dual core Xeons (5140 spec) that had been running on 4GB memory.
I bought a replacement wedge of memory - 4x 4GB full buffered Kingston sticks and the server has thrown a right paddy.
Looking closer at the HP tech sheets, it appears that there are different flavours of dual core Xeons that have a bearing on how much memory this ML350 G5 can take:-
- 16GB memory supported on the dual core 5000 and 5100 Xeons
- 32GB memory supported on the dual core 5200 Xeons
So, because of this slight change in Xeon-spec, it's memory 'visibility' is halved? The mobo has to be maxed-out with 8x 2GB sticks now as it flatly refuses to see even one pairing of 4GB memory.
The final kick in the teeth is the fact that a lower spec ML150 G5 will happily run on 4x 4GB sticks - even though HP's tech docs say that it can't!
I wouldn't mind so much, but it's running SQL 2005 and wanted to try it on 16GB first and then maybe 32GB memory at a later stage as the server O/S is Windows 2003 Enterprise Edition. Just would have been a bonus to have been able to access the full 32GB at a later date.
Feckers.
D.