Z230 Memory Upgrade

[pratyakshkaran]

Hi, I have an HP Z230 Tower Workstation, with Intel Xeon E3-1225 v3 (4) @ 3.600GHz CPU and NVIDIA Quadro K600 GPU. It currently has 2x8 GB RAM but I want to upgrade it to 32 GB. However, there is a catch in that two of the four memory slots are damaged (giving beeps when plugging RAM into them). So, the only option I have is to plug 2x16 GB in the two working slots. Can anyone assist me as to whether it would work or is there a limitation on RAM size per slot that would prohibit it from working?

 

[william p]

Be sure you aren't mixing ECC and non ECC RAM modules. With the Xeon it can run ECC or non ECC but not both. ECC will have 9 chips per side of the module, non ECC will have 8.
ASFAIK 16GB modules are Registered RDIMMs with a controller on each module to allow the higher capcities. That computer doesn't support those.
http://h20195.www2.hp.com/V2/GetPDF.aspx/4AA4-8300ENW