Using non ECC ram in Dell SC1425

Hi,

I've been rampaging around memory related threads, specs, and bios
options and I cant find
anything that helps me find non ecc memory for my shiny new servers.


I know I should use ECC, but I don't want to pay dell the high prices
(or others for that matter). (16GB of ECC Ram on Dells site during
config is £10,000, yes! 10 grand).


I've used non ECC in other servers where ECC was required elsewhere and

I've never had a problem (in years), but yesterday I purchased Ebuyer
Value Ram DDR2 1GB P4200 533 MHz and the system says theres no ram
installed. (I put them in pairs).


The system takes PC3200 ECC Registered 400Mhz ram, I'm wondering if I
just got the wrong type (above), and that I can put in non ECC if its
PC3202. I assumed that the ram I purchased would run at the slower bus
speed (PC3200). There is virtually no tech data to help me out, but
plenty if I want to learn all the hardware chips standards, pah... no
time.


There is no option to turn off ECC in the bios.


Suddenly the cheap server with 256MB of ram becomes useless at any
price with 256MB ram.


This stinks of Dell marketing trick. (I still think Dell is the best
hardware for business, but as a company it stinks, I'll ditch them if
any manufacturer can match the quality and price.


Anthony

Anthony,
I am not sure about ECC/non-ECC as I have never owned a server but PC3200 is
DDR ram and PC4200 is DDR2 and I am fairly certain that it is not backward
compatible. So I would bet your problem is as simple as using DDR2 ram in a
DDR slot.
Hope this helps

Regards
Robert McMillan

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Hi,

I've been rampaging around memory related threads, specs, and bios
options and I cant find
anything that helps me find non ecc memory for my shiny new servers.


I know I should use ECC, but I don't want to pay dell the high prices
(or others for that matter). (16GB of ECC Ram on Dells site during
config is £10,000, yes! 10 grand).


I've used non ECC in other servers where ECC was required elsewhere and

I've never had a problem (in years), but yesterday I purchased Ebuyer
Value Ram DDR2 1GB P4200 533 MHz and the system says theres no ram
installed. (I put them in pairs).


The system takes PC3200 ECC Registered 400Mhz ram, I'm wondering if I
just got the wrong type (above), and that I can put in non ECC if its
PC3202. I assumed that the ram I purchased would run at the slower bus
speed (PC3200). There is virtually no tech data to help me out, but
plenty if I want to learn all the hardware chips standards, pah... no
time.


There is no option to turn off ECC in the bios.


Suddenly the cheap server with 256MB of ram becomes useless at any
price with 256MB ram.


This stinks of Dell marketing trick. (I still think Dell is the best
hardware for business, but as a company it stinks, I'll ditch them if
any manufacturer can match the quality and price.


Anthony

Thanks, but DDR is different slot and DDR2 is what I got, the only
difference being ECC Regsitered, vs Non ECC, but the 72bit data path vs
64bit data path on the non ECC might be my problem. The ram fits into
the slot DDR wouldn't fit

It seems I'm onto something regarding the 'ranks' of the valueram, and
profoundly I just bumped into Kingston explaining limitations with the
very chipset in the SC1425...

http://www.valueram.com/memoryranks/chipset.asp

The Ebuyer ram I have purchased is :-
"Ebuyer 1GB DDR2 533MHz PC2-4200 240pin Extra Value Ram"
"DDR2-1GBPC4200" has two sides each with 8 * "64x8" chips.
I can't work out how many ranks it has.... well not yet anyway....

Anthony