Memory problems, Memory, Problems – Lenovo RD210 User Manual

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Memory

problems

v

Follow

the

suggested

actions

in

the

order

in

which

they

are

listed

in

the

Action

column

until

the

problem

is

solved.

v

See

the

Hardware

Maintenance

Manual

to

determine

which

components

are

customer

replaceable

units

(CRU)

and

which

components

are

field

replaceable

units

(FRU).

v

If

an

action

step

is

preceded

by

“(Trained

service

technician

only),”

that

step

must

be

performed

only

by

a

Trained

service

technician.

Symptom

Action

The

amount

of

system

memory

that

is

displayed

is

less

than

the

amount

of

installed

physical

memory.

1.

Make

sure

that:

v

No

error

LEDs

are

lit

on

the

operator

information

panel.

v

Memory

mirroring

does

not

account

for

the

discrepancy.

v

The

memory

modules

are

seated

correctly.

v

You

have

installed

the

correct

type

of

memory.

v

If

you

changed

the

memory,

you

updated

the

memory

configuration

in

the

UEFI

Setup

Utility

program.

v

All

banks

of

memory

are

enabled.

The

server

might

have

automatically

disabled

a

memory

bank

when

it

detected

a

problem,

or

a

memory

bank

might

have

been

manually

disabled.

2.

Check

the

POST

error

log

for

error

message

289:

v

If

a

DIMM

was

disabled

by

a

systems-management

interrupt

(SMI),

replace

the

DIMM.

v

If

a

DIMM

was

disabled

by

the

user

or

by

POST,

run

the

UEFI

Setup

Utility

program

and

enable

the

DIMM.

3.

Run

memory

diagnostics

(see

“POST”

on

page

142).

4.

Make

sure

that

there

is

no

memory

mismatch

when

the

server

is

at

the

minimum

memory

configuration

(two

1

GB

DIMMs).

5.

Add

one

pair

of

DIMMs

at

a

time,

making

sure

that

the

DIMMs

in

each

pair

match.

6.

Reseat

the

DIMM.

7.

Restart

the

server.

Multiple

rows

of

DIMMs

in

a

branch

are

identified

as

failing.

1.

Reseat

the

DIMMs;

then,

restart

the

server.

2.

Remove

the

lowest-numbered

DIMM

pair

of

those

that

are

identified

and

replace

it

with

an

identical

pair

of

known

good

DIMMs;

then,

restart

the

server.

Repeat

as

necessary.

If

the

failures

continue

after

all

identified

pairs

are

replaced,

go

to

step

4.

3.

Return

the

removed

DIMMs,

one

pair

at

a

time,

to

their

original

connectors,

restarting

the

server

after

each

pair,

until

a

pair

fails.

Replace

each

DIMM

in

the

failed

pair

with

an

identical

known

good

DIMM,

restarting

the

server

after

each

DIMM.

Replace

the

failed

DIMM.

Repeat

step

3

until

you

have

tested

all

removed

DIMMs.

4.

Replace

the

lowest-numbered

DIMM

pair

of

those

identified;

then,

restart

the

server.

Repeat

as

necessary.

5.

(Trained

service

technician

only)

Replace

the

system

board.

Chapter

7.

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problems

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