fschris Posted April 22, 2017 Share Posted April 22, 2017 (edited) does anyone suggest a particular brand of memory for supermicro boards? I bought 8gb of ram Hyper X and I do not think the MB likes it. I am not posting, getting any type of video etc... when the RAM is loaded on the MB i get no beeps from the MB either. When I take the RAM out I get the 5 beeps to indicate a RAM issue. Edited April 22, 2017 by fschris Quote Link to comment
JorgeB Posted April 22, 2017 Share Posted April 22, 2017 Without the board model difficult to say, I use normal Kingston ECC on all my Supermicro boards. Quote Link to comment
fschris Posted April 22, 2017 Author Share Posted April 22, 2017 (edited) https://www.supermicro.com/products/motherboard/Xeon/C236_C232/X11SAE.cfm i know I should use ECC but trying to keep the cost down...;( I plan to upgrade the processor and memory when i free up some $ and re purpose the CPU and memory into something else but for now just looking for 8GB of Non ECC ram Edited April 22, 2017 by fschris Quote Link to comment
StevenD Posted April 22, 2017 Share Posted April 22, 2017 Always, always, always buy the memory that SuperMicro has tested and recommends. Usually its Samsung and Hynix. If you are willing to fork out the $$$ for an X11 SuperMicro board, do not cheap out on the RAM. SuperMicro has tested this 8GB non-ECC RAM: SMC Module Part # Module Manufacturer Module Manufacturer Part # DRAM Component Vendor DRAM Component Part # # of Ranks RoHS Compliance Profile MEM-DR480L-HL01-UN24 Hynix HMA81GU6AFR8N-UH Hynix H5AN8G8NAFR 1 RoHS Low Profile Quote Link to comment
TBSCamCity Posted April 22, 2017 Share Posted April 22, 2017 I have a whole rack full of servers with Supermicro boards. Seriously only use memory on their capability list. Supermicro server boards are very picky about everything but when you use known compatible products I have noticed they are some of the most stable boards out there. I only use Samsung and Hynix ECC Ram. Quote Link to comment
fschris Posted April 22, 2017 Author Share Posted April 22, 2017 thanks! i will look into those. was not aware how picky it is. Quote Link to comment
fschris Posted April 24, 2017 Author Share Posted April 24, 2017 So few options to choose from. Why is super micro boards so picky? Quote Link to comment
StevenD Posted April 25, 2017 Share Posted April 25, 2017 1 hour ago, fschris said: So few options to choose from. Why is super micro boards so picky? One word...reliability. Quote Link to comment
fschris Posted April 25, 2017 Author Share Posted April 25, 2017 okay I ordered what was on the list. hopefully the MB will boot! Quote Link to comment
TBSCamCity Posted April 28, 2017 Share Posted April 28, 2017 On 4/24/2017 at 5:35 PM, fschris said: So few options to choose from. Why is super micro boards so picky? It's not just Supermicro boards, it's all server boards to be honest. It's just that most of us here use Supermicro since they are indeed so reliable and also readily available. Server boards are just built for Stability and Reliability above all else. The sacrifice for that is the limited amount of supported hardware. 1 Quote Link to comment
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