Do you get a message on the front LCD panel? The 2950 does not support a 6-DIMM configuration - must be 2,4, or 8 DIMMs. What are the specs of the memory you purchased?
No relative message on the front LCD panel ... the memory we picked up is "8GB DDR2-667 Fully Buffered ECC". Interesting, we also tried using the six new modules and 2 of our original 4GB modules, for a total of 8 banks filled ... no go on that, same results. We also tried 4 of the new modules and 4 of our original modules - same results.
Check the documentation update for the 2950 here. It provides info about using 8GB dimms. Basically you can use 4 x 8 + 4 x 4 or 8 x 8, but not 6 x 8 (with or without 2 more 4GB dimms).
theflash1932
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January 23rd, 2010 11:00
Do you get a message on the front LCD panel? The 2950 does not support a 6-DIMM configuration - must be 2,4, or 8 DIMMs. What are the specs of the memory you purchased?
KHolley
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January 23rd, 2010 11:00
Hi -
No relative message on the front LCD panel ... the memory we picked up is "8GB DDR2-667 Fully Buffered ECC". Interesting, we also tried using the six new modules and 2 of our original 4GB modules, for a total of 8 banks filled ... no go on that, same results. We also tried 4 of the new modules and 4 of our original modules - same results.
Thank you.
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January 23rd, 2010 19:00
Check the documentation update for the 2950 here. It provides info about using 8GB dimms. Basically you can use 4 x 8 + 4 x 4 or 8 x 8, but not 6 x 8 (with or without 2 more 4GB dimms).
KHolley
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January 24th, 2010 15:00
Thanks to all for the valuable assistance!
kabutomz
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May 19th, 2016 09:00
Here is the link to the information update document:
downloads.dell.com/.../poweredge-2950_user%27s%20guide_en-us.pdf
It says it only supports 8x4 or 8x8