Dell PowerEdge 2650 Ram
So I picked up a Dell PowerEdge 2650. It only has 1gig of ram in it.
I was going to jump online and snag a couple 1gig sticks of PC2100 with ECC but a coworker said I have to get the Dell Memory kit. Is this so? Looks like regular old PC2100 with ECC to me? Any reason why I would have to buy the dell stuff?
(it's a just a home lab for goofing with XenServer)
I was going to jump online and snag a couple 1gig sticks of PC2100 with ECC but a coworker said I have to get the Dell Memory kit. Is this so? Looks like regular old PC2100 with ECC to me? Any reason why I would have to buy the dell stuff?
(it's a just a home lab for goofing with XenServer)
-Daniel
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tiersten
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Go look it up on Crucial's site. It'll tell you exactly what type of RAM you need. It shouldn't need specific Dell RAM. -
tiersten
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Hmm. The only PE 2650 listed on Crucial has 533MHz FSB also next to it and it wants PC-2700 RAM instead. I guess your one doesn't have a 533MHz FSB?Go look it up on Crucial's site. It'll tell you exactly what type of RAM you need. It shouldn't need specific Dell RAM. -
blargoe
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It's pretty common for Dell to offer the option of slower memory in their server than the max speed of the FSBIT guy since 12/00
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astorrs
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How many slots do you have free Daniel33? And how many are you looking for? -
kriscamaro68
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I had a 2650 about 3 weeks ago and used it without a dell mem kit without issues so your fine. -
Daniel333
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The manual even states "PC1600 compliant memory".
4 slots free it currently has 2x 512ram in it.
I'll just snag some PC2100 ECC from tigerdirect/newegg (who ever is cheaper) and give it a shot.
thanks!-Daniel -
Moren
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You definitely do not need a matching kit from dell for this to work. You've got 6 slots and chances are you either have 2 modules of 512MB in there at the moment or 4 modules of 256MB. Just be sure to install in pairs and you should be fine. Have a look at the link below i found for reference:::
Dell PowerEdge 2650 (400MHz Front Side Bus) Memory - Upgrade Dell PowerEdge 2650 (400MHz Front Side Bus) RAM :: diaHmemory
