For a couple of years, I have been using a Dell Optiplex 790 with 32 GB of ECC memory that I recovered from an old workstation. Although it's treated as regular, non-ECC memory, it simply works.
Recently, I got my hands on a Dell Optiplex 7010 (for free), which mounts a processor one generation ahead. Not a big change, but it was free, so I decided to migrate everything to this other computer. However, when I replaced the memory with the 32 GB from my previous computer, it failed to boot. I thought at first that the 8 GB DIMMs could be an issue, but I have read other people on the internet using 32 GB on that same system. Therefore, my conclusion is that it does not accept ECC memory (i.e. the computer won't boot with it).
The weird thing, though, is that it worked flawlessly on the Optiplex 790, which is extremely similar. And that makes me doubt about my conclusion. Does anyone have a clue? Did Dell suddenly decide to block the use of ECC memory? Is there any possible way I can fix it?
Recently, I got my hands on a Dell Optiplex 7010 (for free), which mounts a processor one generation ahead. Not a big change, but it was free, so I decided to migrate everything to this other computer. However, when I replaced the memory with the 32 GB from my previous computer, it failed to boot. I thought at first that the 8 GB DIMMs could be an issue, but I have read other people on the internet using 32 GB on that same system. Therefore, my conclusion is that it does not accept ECC memory (i.e. the computer won't boot with it).
The weird thing, though, is that it worked flawlessly on the Optiplex 790, which is extremely similar. And that makes me doubt about my conclusion. Does anyone have a clue? Did Dell suddenly decide to block the use of ECC memory? Is there any possible way I can fix it?