afton Posted October 25, 2014 Share Posted October 25, 2014 Hello all, Server newbie here, just got a N54L to set up a home test lab. Checked out http://n40l.wikia.com/wiki/Memory and picked Crucial ct102464ba160b (non ECC) from the list, when I put it in it failed POST http://www.crucial.com/usa/en/ct102464ba160b This is only one stick of 8 GB, maybe N54L is fussy about only have one DIMM installed? fyi BIOS has been upgraded to 041 (10/01/2013) Any idea what can I do? Otherwise I might have to try another set of memory - KVR1333D3E9SK2/16G - apparently this is the "most compatible" from reading few blog posts http://www.kingston.com/en/memory/search/?partid=kvr1333d3e9sk2/16g It's very expensive though - A$250 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ikon Posted October 25, 2014 Share Posted October 25, 2014 AFAIK, the N54L works just fine with 1 stick of RAM. In fact, I believe it comes from HP with a single 2GB stick installed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
afton Posted October 25, 2014 Author Share Posted October 25, 2014 I mean most of the setups that I've read on the blog posts are either 2x 4GB or 2x 8GB. I haven't come across a setup that only uses 8 GB of stick. Could be just a faulty memory? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ikon Posted October 25, 2014 Share Posted October 25, 2014 Could be. Does it still work with the original 2GB? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe_Miner Posted October 25, 2014 Share Posted October 25, 2014 (edited) You could check our threads on RAM in our links page http://homeservershow.com/forums/index.php?/topic/5190-microserver-hardware-links/ I believe there were a few people who went with one stick but I'm not sure if it was one 8 -- Edited October 25, 2014 by Joe_Miner Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ikon Posted October 25, 2014 Share Posted October 25, 2014 There have been a few people who've gone with 10GB (1x8GB + 1x2GB) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
afton Posted October 26, 2014 Author Share Posted October 26, 2014 Could be. Does it still work with the original 2GB? Yep, it *was* still working with the 2GB, but now not anymore. I think I might have killed both RAM stick by mishandling it (I didn't wear the antistatic wrist strap). Never happened to me before, but I guess next time I have to be extra careful when handling RAM sticks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ikon Posted October 26, 2014 Share Posted October 26, 2014 As long as you keep touching the chassis frequently with your fingers you should be fine. Absolutely nothing wrong with using anti-static straps, but they're not absolutely necessary when working with RAM. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
afton Posted October 28, 2014 Author Share Posted October 28, 2014 Got another RAM stick but still nothing showing on the screen. The health LED is blue, could be the VGA port is faulty? I'm getting an Asus HD5450 to check this is not an internal video card problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
afton Posted November 1, 2014 Author Share Posted November 1, 2014 Confirmed the VGA port issue, I got video output now with Asus HD5450, yay! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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