I checked on the availability of 8 Gb DIMM chips for the T110 system, and it seems that it is still not a supported configuration. Thus if you would like to have additional 8Gb memory, you would need to use another 2 x 4Gb DIMM chips. I do not have a T110 unit for testing with 8Gb DIMMs to perform real-life validation, but the limitation is probably due to the system's original board and BIOS design.
Just for reference, the system's specifications could be found on page 8 of the system's manual :
The limiting factor is a combination of the processor and system design:
1. The Intel 3400-series processors ONLY support 32GB using RDIMM's (Registered DIMM's - 8GB max) ... 16GB using UDIMM's (Unbuffered/Unregistered DIMM's - 4GB max).
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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August 6th, 2012 00:00
Hi Daniel,
I checked on the availability of 8 Gb DIMM chips for the T110 system, and it seems that it is still not a supported configuration. Thus if you would like to have additional 8Gb memory, you would need to use another 2 x 4Gb DIMM chips. I do not have a T110 unit for testing with 8Gb DIMMs to perform real-life validation, but the limitation is probably due to the system's original board and BIOS design.
Just for reference, the system's specifications could be found on page 8 of the system's manual :
/support/edocs/systems/pet110/multilang/GSG/DAO_BCC/T110da.pdf
Thank you.
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Daniel6
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August 6th, 2012 16:00
The cpu in my t110 is a Xeon x3450, which from what I've read supports 32gb ram. What exactly is the limiting factor?
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August 7th, 2012 09:00
The limiting factor is a combination of the processor and system design:
1. The Intel 3400-series processors ONLY support 32GB using RDIMM's (Registered DIMM's - 8GB max) ... 16GB using UDIMM's (Unbuffered/Unregistered DIMM's - 4GB max).
http://www.intel.com/assets/en_US/pdf/datasheet/322371.pdf
2. The PowerEdge T110 supports only UDIMM's.
http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/systems/Pet110/en/HOM/PDF/T110.pdf
Softcom-int IT
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January 17th, 2018 02:00
Hello,
I have the same question. I have a PowerEdge T110 and I want to make a memory upgrade.
I read in other forums that this server only supports 16GB RAM. I haven't tested it myself to see if 32GB can be supported.
Have anyone else installed 32GB RAM?
Netwerkz101
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May 5th, 2018 16:00
CT2KIT102472BD160B x2 + BIOS update = worked for me.
bshlomo
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February 23rd, 2020 10:00
Hi
Can you share with us the new BIOS version
thank you
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June 19th, 2024 13:10
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.