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> gives us some information about the DIMMs, but unfortunately with no overlap with the information about the ranks. We eventually resorted to pulling a DIMM ou
by metadat 4y ago
> gives us some information about the DIMMs, but unfortunately with no overlap with the information about the ranks. We eventually resorted to pulling a DIMM out and checking which ranks were still present when doing the grep above
Did they pull out the sticks of memory while the system was running? Can you remove and re-insert a stick and have any chance of the system continuing to operate?
I can easily imagine chips getting fried this way, unless they're specifically designed to handle such cases.
- Nextgrid 4y agoDIMM connectors don’t seem to guard against shorts during insertion (it’s very hard to insert a DIMM perfectly straight, usually one side goes first and the misalignment could temporarily short all the pins to their respective neighbours), so it would likely end up in major hardware damage.
- accountofme 4y agoRam is not hot swappable. Never has been.