Lenovo ThinkServer RS140 - Installing or Removing a Memory Module

Installingorremovingamemorymodule
Thistopicprovidesinstructionsonhowtoinstallorremoveamemorymodule.
Note:ThememorymodulesaresensitivetoESD.Ensurethatyoureadandunderstand“Handling
static-sensitivedevices”onpage54firstandcarefullyperformtheoperation.
Memorymoduleinstallationrules
Yourserverhasfourmemoryslotstoprovidethefollowingfeatures:
•Eachslotsupports2GB,4GB,and8GBdoubledatarate3(DDR3)unbuffereddualinlinememory
modules(UDIMMs)withErrorCheckingandCorrecting(ECC)technology.
•Theminimumsystemmemoryis2GB(onlyone2GBmemorymoduleinstalledintheDIMM2slot).
•Themaximumsystemmemoryis32GB(one8GBmemorymoduleinstalledineachofthefourmemory
slots).
Formoreinformationaboutthememorymodulesinyourspecificservermodel,usetheSetupUtility
program.See“ViewinginformationintheSetupUtilityprogram”onpage37
.
ForalistofsupportedThinkServermemorymoduleoptions,goto:
http://www.lenovo.com/thinkserver
Thefollowingillustrationshowsthelocationsofallmemoryslotsonthesystemboard.
Figure29.Memoryslotsonthesystemboard
1Memoryslot(DIMM1)2Memoryslot(DIMM2)
3Memoryslot(DIMM3)4Memoryslot(DIMM4)
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