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April 11th, 2014 14:00

Alert! Memory population error for DIMM 3. System Halted!

I have an Optiplex 980 about 3 years old. It has 2 x 2GB on it. I get this error, Alert! Memory population error for DIMM 3. System Halted! when I turn it on. Memory chips are in properly and the F1 key does not work. Any suggestions? Thank you.

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April 11th, 2014 20:00

Sounds like the module in slot 3 may have failed. Try swapping them in their slots. If the error message changes to a different DIMM number, that DIMM has failed. If it stays at DIMM 3, the slot may have failed.

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