FAIL!: Newegg hosed me
WTF #1: NewEgg offers a combo/discount where you can get this HP server along with a pair DIMMs…which is fine and dandy if it weren’t for the fact that you wind up with 3 DIMMs total, for a computer that only accepts them in 1/2/4 configurations.
WTF #2: Ok, fine. So I head off to Fry’s to pick up another DIMM (by the way, no one there knows a damn thing about memory). So, I finally get the new DIMM, but then I can’t get the damn computer to boot. After trying various combinations, I discover that the original DIMM just doesn’t like to be paired up with any of the others. After a little googling, turns out that the computer came with a DIMM that is not compatible with any of the other 3 DIMMS (former is unbuffered, latter are “registered”, not compatible…FAIL).
NewEgg, you suck.
