Lenovo ThinkServer RD430 - Installing or Removing a Memory Module

10.Ensurethatthetwoscrewholesintherearoftheleftcagearealignedwiththecorrespondingholesin
thechassis.Then,installthetwoscrewstosecuretheleftcageinposition.
Figure56.Installingthescrewstosecuretheleftcage
11.Ifyourserverhasaslimopticaldriveinstalled,reconnectthesignalcableandthepowercabletothe
rearoftheslimopticaldrive.
12.Refertoyournotetoreconnectothercablestothesystemboard.Youalsocanreferto“Systemboard
components”onpage47
tolocatetheconnectorsonthesystemboardandreconnectcables.
13.Goto“Completingthepartsreplacement”onpage174.
Installingorremovingamemorymodule
Thistopicprovidesinstructionsonhowtoinstallorremoveamemorymodule.
Note:ThememorymodulesareextremelysensitivetoESD.Ensurethatyoureadandunderstand“Handling
static-sensitivedevices”onpage82rstandcarefullyperformtheoperation.
Memorymoduleinstallationrules
Yourserverhas12memoryslotsandithasthefollowingfeatures:
•Eachslotsupports4GB,8GB,and16GB1333MHzdoubledatarate3low-voltageregistereddualinline
memorymodules(DDR3LVRDIMMs).
•Eachslotsupports4GB,8GB,and16GB1333MHzDDR3RDIMMs.
•Eachslotsupports2GBand4GB1333MHzDDR3unbuffereddualinlinememorymodules(UDIMMs)
withErrorCheckingandCorrecting(ECC)technology.
•Yourserversupportsuptosixmemorymoduleswhenonemicroprocessorisinstalledandupto12
memorymoduleswhentwomicroprocessorsareinstalled.
•TheminimumsystemmemoryforRDIMMsorLVRDIMMsis4GB(onlyonemicroprocessorinstalledand
onlyone4GBRDIMMorLVRDIMMinstalledintheCPU1DIMMA1slot).
•TheminimumsystemmemoryforUDIMMsis2GB(onlyonemicroprocessorinstalledandonlyone2
GBUDIMMinstalledintheCPU1DIMMA1slot).
•ThemaximumsystemmemoryforRDIMMsorLVRDIMMsis192GB(twomicroprocessorsinstalledand
one16GBRDIMMorLVRDIMMinstalledineachofthe12memoryslots).
•ThemaximumsystemmemoryforUDIMMsis48GB(twomicroprocessorsinstalledandone4GB
UDIMMinstalledineachofthe12memoryslots).
Chapter6.Installing,removing,orreplacinghardware95