T110 MAX Memory

Question

I was doing a search and trying to figure out the maximum memory that a Dell T110 could take. The very old/outdated manual says '16GB', but this was probably based on the fact that only 4GB UDIMMs were available at the time the manual was written. The Intel Xeon X3400 Series (X3460 specifically) says that it supports 32GB of RAM. I did look up the specs, and in the old days the 32GB Max was based on using RDIMMs (which the T110 doesn't support). Nowadays we do have 8GB UDIMMs, and I was curious as to whether it would be possible for the T110 to support 32GB of RAM using modern 8GB UDIMMs? I'm running the latest BIOS/Firmware, and I'm just curious as to whether four Kingston KVR16E11/8 (8GB 240-pin DDR3-1600 ECC Unbuffered) DIMMs would work in a PowerEdge T110? The datasheet can be found here. Is there any specific reason why this Kingston KVR16E11/8 DIMM module would not work in a PowerEdge T110?  Could dell update the BIOS/Firmware so that it supports this DIMM in the PowerEdge T110? I've seen so many posts about users trying to get 32GB of RAM functioning in their PowerEdge T110, and I'm hoping that Dell will release a firmware/BIOS update that would support the Kingston KVR16E11/8 DIMMs in the PowerEdge T110.

theflash1932 · Answer

The X3460 (not the BIOS) supports 32GB RDIMM and 16GB UDIMM. Dell's BIOS restricts this particular machine (regardless of processor) to UDIMM's, possibly for reliability or resource reasons or possibly just for marketing and simplicity reasons (however, this is usually due to stability reasons in low-end machines).

It's not likely you'll see another BIOS update for the T110, but even if there were, I would estimate around a 0% chance it would unlock RDIMM's for use on the T110.

alex_russell · Answer

I can confirm that the T110, with the most current BIOS, works with 32G of UDIMM ECC DDR3. I am using 4 Crucial 8G sticks that were originally intended for a T110 ii.)

therealfronty · Answer

I just updated my T110 to 32GB. I don't know if it's necessary but I did upgrade the BIOS first to v1.12.0, then I found the following 4 x 8GB ECC DIMMs on ebay, total cost was £30 for 32GB RAM. It works a treat.

Hynix | 32GB (4 X 8GB) | HMT41GU7BFR8A-PB | ECC Server RAM

Make sure you get ECC RAM, most of the stuff on Amazon appears to be non-ECC, and not sure that will work. You can tell if it's ECC RAM as the sticks will have 9 chips on them instead of 8.

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