Cesar R Posted January 26, 2013 Share Posted January 26, 2013 From some light research I gathered the the Xeons (e5-2600) support ECC ram. Does this mean that they MUST have ECC? Additionally, the fact that ram is ECC or non-ECC gets recognized at the motherboard level? meaning, is there such thing as a non-ecc motherboard and one that takes ONLY ECC? This question arises from the fact that i just purchased a lenovo S30 with 2GB of ECC ram and would like to upgrade it to 16GB. So I went to best buy I got some Ram, installed it, and the machine doesn't work anymore. I reverted back to the ECC ram, and it doesn't work either... help Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dimitris Tolios Posted January 30, 2013 Share Posted January 30, 2013 Doesn't work at all? Like doesn't power up? Have you've tried to reset the BIOS settings? In theory the E5-2600's embedded memory controller handles UDIMM (unregistered) just fine. Consult the manual (find it online if you don't have it) in case the mobo demands a certain dimm arrangement. Each E5-2600 socket has four memory channels. Intel is supporting unregistered and registered DDR3 memory sticks as well as the new load-reduced, or LRDIMM, memory for those who want to get the maximum memory capacity per socket, which stands at 384GB. Regular 1.5 volt as well as "low voltage" 1.35 volt memory are supported on the processors, and memory can run at speeds of 800MHz, 1.07GHz, 1.33GHz, or 1.6GHz. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cesar R Posted January 30, 2013 Author Share Posted January 30, 2013 well it would power up and beep and not do anything else. The manual says to use ECC ram dims, so I am guessing its the motherboard. Any how IBM sent me a new Mobo, I installed it last night and it working well with the factory ECC. I did order 16gb kingston. I plan to put that in the next few days... I hope it doesn't fry up. PS: yes, I removed the bios battery and even shorted some bios reset pins while on the phone with tech support. Didn't do anything. There was an error core of the motherboard LCD but I can't seem to find a reference. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dimitris Tolios Posted January 30, 2013 Share Posted January 30, 2013 Hmm...odd. In theory the mobo has nothing to do with the RAM, other than providing the "mechanical mounting" and "cabling"...modern CPUs have the memory controller built-in. Sometimes we don't plug in all the components properly after introducing new RAM, GPUs etc. A power supply cord might be left out of the GPUs, a Dimm might not be sitting flat and secure for all its contacts to make proper contact with the mobo slot etc etc. And ofc there is always the chance for a faulty component, or a us frying the component with static electricity due to a non-grounded case or bad handling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cesar R Posted January 30, 2013 Author Share Posted January 30, 2013 maybe , i mean I thought the same. But the interesting thing is that when it did not start with the non-ECC, I put the ECC back in and it still did not work... Maybe the "new" ram shorted something. I really do not know, but I was sad all weekend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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