RAM

[JustIce12]

Hi everyone 

I have a supermicro X10SRL-F

And I want to buy ram…

can I buy ram that lets say was for dell workstation or hp server?

 

[Eigenvektor]

If you check the motherboard's specs, you can see the type of RAM it supports:

https://www.supermicro.com/en/products/motherboard/X10SRL-F

 

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2400/ 2133/1866/1600MHz ECC DDR4 SDRAM 72-bit, 288-pin (RDIMM / LRDIMM) / 284-pin gold-plated DIMMs

 

If the RAM you found matches these specs, it should work.

[JustIce12]

Just now, Eigenvektor said:

If you check the motherboard's specs, you can see the type of RAM it supports:

https://www.supermicro.com/en/products/motherboard/X10SRL-F

 

 

If the RAM you found matches these specs, it should work

Thank you, my concern that a memory specific for hp/dell and such will be locked only to the brands because I know some companies lock their hardware and if you don’t buy the specific P/N it will not work…

 

[Eigenvektor]

11 minutes ago, JustIce12 said:

Thank you, my concern that a memory specific for hp/dell and such will be locked only to the brands because I know some companies lock their hardware and if you don’t buy the specific P/N it will not work…

While I wouldn't rule it out, it should just be regular RAM. Ideally the seller should list its specs and as long as it says DDR4 and has the correct number of pins and says RDIMM or LRDIMM, matching the motherboard, it should be compatible.

 

I know these companies often like to recommend buying their RAM for "best compatibility", but I haven't run into issues buying generic, generally much cheaper, RAM elsewhere. If you're a company then buying "official" RAM can make sense because HP etc. might not offer support otherwise.

[PDifolco]

4 hours ago, JustIce12 said:

Thank you, my concern that a memory specific for hp/dell and such will be locked only to the brands because I know some companies lock their hardware and if you don’t buy the specific P/N it will not work…

 

Never saw RAM locks on prebuilts/laptops, unless you have some security features detecting hardware changes but noone enables this on home PC

[JustIce12]

3 hours ago, PDifolco said:

Never saw RAM locks on prebuilts/laptops, unless you have some security features detecting hardware changes but noone enables this on home PC

 I know this: sometimes vendors such as hp & dell won’t accept specific ram because the system won’t “recognize” that ram and the system won’t boot 

my concern is if I buy dell/hp/lenovo etc ram with their p/n my supermicro won’t recognize 

maybe Linus knows?

because I remember one video him explaining there is a chip on ram that it’s job to tell the system hi I’m ram of vendor x and I’m good for you…

[PDifolco]

3 hours ago, JustIce12 said:

 I know this: sometimes vendors such as hp & dell won’t accept specific ram because the system won’t “recognize” that ram and the system won’t boot 

my concern is if I buy dell/hp/lenovo etc ram with their p/n my supermicro won’t recognize 

maybe Linus knows?

because I remember one video him explaining there is a chip on ram that it’s job to tell the system hi I’m ram of vendor x and I’m good for you…

Linus doesn't answer here

My point is that if you use technically compatible RAM (ie correct format and speed) I'm pretty confident it should work unless your BIOS locks it, not because of the brand but to prevent changes - that's what enterprise/government/ect laptops use to prevent tinkering

So if it's a personal laptop it should work