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November 22nd, 2016 11:00
Dell PowerEdge T110 not using all Ram installed
Hi, my name is Juan Marrero. I work for Bike Stop, Inc. in Puerto Rico.
I recently upgraded the CPU and the RAM in our PowerEdge T110 Server. Originally there were only 4GB of RAM. Now it have 16GB installed but only 8GB are usable.
The CPU was a Intel Xeon x3430 and was upgraded to an Intel Xeon x3470. No issues here.
The specifications of the memories are: 4GB DDR3 PC3-10600 ECC Unbuffered DIMM (4 of them)
to a total of 16GB of RAM. I searched the internet and found nothing in the BIOS to not limit to 8GB.
Is there a limitation, no matter what the motherboard and CPU say they can handle?
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theflash1932
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November 22nd, 2016 13:00
I figured. Foundation is limited to 8GB:
https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/aa366778(v=vs.85).aspx#physical_memory_limits_windows_server_2008_r2
hitokiri17
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November 22nd, 2016 12:00
It's a T110. It's running Windows Server 2008 R2 Foundation x64. In the BIOS does show 16GB installed. Under Computer/Properties shows 16GB installed (8GB usable). I updated the BIOS also to see if something changed. Previous BIOS version was 1.02 (I think) and updated to version 1.10.
theflash1932
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November 22nd, 2016 12:00
Is this a T110 or T110 II?
What version AND edition of Windows are you running?
Does 16GB show in the BIOS?
hitokiri17
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November 22nd, 2016 13:00
:-( that is bad.
thanks for the info.
dave_n_s
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February 21st, 2019 17:00
Working on a Poweredge T110 II, donated to the hospice thrift store that I volunteer at.
Initially it wasn't booting. I took advice from this forum and pulled everything except essential components and 1 memory stick.
Found the issue was the video card not fully pushed home.
Machine now boots to Windows after installing everything, but shows 8GB installed, 2GB available (in 2GB 1066 sticks)
There are no front panel hardware errors, now I've fixed the video card issue.
It's a Win 8 Pro OS with nothing else installed that I can determine.
I'm way out of date on computer hardware troubleshooting, I was the family and friends computer builder in Windows ME days so understand the basics and should be able to do what I'm told.
Advice appreciated.